economics

So, What’s Your Algorithm?

Dennis K. Berman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on January 4 at 12:00 am PT

We are ruined by our own biases. When making decisions, we see what we want, ignore probabilities, and minimize risks that uproot our hopes.

Now Is the (Larry) Summers of Our Silicon Valley VC: Economic Guru Joins Andreessen Horowitz as “Special Advisor”

Kara Swisher in News on June 29, 2011 at 3:00 pm PT

In an unusual appointment for the longtime public servant, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will join Silicon Valley venture powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz as a part-time “Special Advisor.” Summers got to know the firm with an assist from Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who was a student of his when he was a professor at Harvard University.

BuyWithMe Likely to Raise More Cash as Competitors Pull Ahead

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 14, 2010 at 5:57 pm PT

BuyWithMe confirmed today that its CEO, Cheryl Rosner, has left the company after only eight months on the job. To get the skinny on what’s going on, we caught up with the company’s Interim president, David Wolfe, who was promoted from chief product officer, as the company seeks a new leader.

Analyst: Verizon Wants Pseudo-Exclusive on iPhone

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 6, 2010 at 6:45 am PT

Here’s some news for the Verizon iPhone rumor mill. Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu says Verizon, which is expected to add the iPhone to its smartphone lineup early next year, doesn’t want to see it added to Sprint and T-Mobile’s lineups as well, and is willing to pay to ensure that doesn’t happen.

In Defense of Standards, Ethics, and Honest Financial Reporting at Hewlett-Packard

Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner, Andresseen Horowitz in News on October 8, 2010 at 4:22 pm PT

Recently, my old company Hewlett-Packard has been in the news–and not in a good way. I’ve been watching the coverage from the sidelines up to this point, but felt increasingly compelled to join the conversation and share my point of view. So here goes.

TV Studios Aren’t Buying Apple’s 99-Cent Rentals

John Paczkowski in News on September 30, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

Better run a diagnostic on the reality distortion field.…“We think the rest of the studios will see the light and get on board pretty fast,” Steve Jobs said earlier this month of the TV studios wary of its new 99-cent iTunes TV rentals initiative. And while it’s never wise to bet against the Apple CEO, it’s beginning to look like “pretty fast” was an optimistic choice of words.

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