Balancing the upside and downside of data sharing
This year we have seen privacy become top of mind for the general public, the media and “big tech.” The business model of Google and Facebook (collect as much data as possible about users for highly targeted advertising) is under attack. Europe’s legislators were addressing some of these privacy concerns when they put into effect […]
Finding and turning your flywheel
Good to Great is one of those iconic business books that every founder, CEO and business leader should read at some point. In the book Jim Collins identifies eight common traits that “good to great” companies share. It has been a decade since the book was published, and not every company that Collins used as a […]
Announcing our investment in Dolly, a peer-to-peer marketplace for on-demand moving and retail delivery
We are excited to announce our investment in Dolly, where we participated in a $7.5M funding round alongside Unlock Venture Partners and Maveron. Like other peer-to-peer marketplaces, Dolly connects people in need of services with people who are ready to provide them. Dolly’s app connects individuals and businesses with local truck owners (“helpers”) to […]
Bill Campbell, the trillion dollar coach
Bill Campbell has long had a legendary reputation as one of the best coaches of all time, but until now, only the people he worked with got to understand and experience the power of his approach. That’s why it is so great to see that Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle have written a […]
Announcing our investment in Kobalt, a security as a service company
We are very excited to announce our investment in Kobalt, a new security as a service company. Security is increasingly on everybody’s mind, with several high profile, large scale hacks over the past few years. Here at Version One, we had our own unfortunate incident (and learning experience) only a few weeks ago. Yet while […]