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Paul Saffo : futurist

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Last activity: 05.12.2018
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Feb 9, 2018Prediction #6 -- AI comes of age, this time asking the questions, tooPaul Saffo says that communication technologies historically take 30 years or more to find their true purpose. Just look at how the Internet today is different than it was back in 1988. I am beginning to think this idea applies also to new ...
Jun 12, 2016Strong Views Weakly HeldAs Andy talked about in the podcast I posted yesterday, the style we use to decide what to invest in at USV is extremely conversational. We discuss, debate, discuss, debate, and eventually decide. It is a group thing. We don’t really make i...
Oct 27, 2009For Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, failure is an optionSilicon Valley is known the world over for its acceptance of failure as a rite of passage. Technology legends from Netscape founder Marc Andreessen to Apple founder Steve Jobs have all experience failure, revived their careers, and then gon...
Dec 5, 2008The mouse turns 40: An interview with Paul Saffo on technology’s past and futureAbout 40 years ago, in 1968, Doug Engelbart gave the first public demo of the computer mouse as part of an exhibition of his system for augmenting human intelligence. Paul Saffo, a futurist and visiting scholar at Stanford University, will ...
Apr 26, 2004The Bubble Always Precedes the BuildoutThat’s the quote that Paul Saffo gave to the New York Times today (he actually said “the bubble days always precede the buildout”) in a story largely about Google’s IPO, but also about what’s next for technology investing. That’s the way it...
Strong Opinions, Weakly HeldPhoto by Jon Tyson on Unsplash We were having a team meeting this week about characteristics of our most successful portfolio companies. What these companies and their leaders show is a distinctive mix of certainty and change. At every mom...

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What has the press written about Paul Saffo : futurist?

Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Paul Saffo : futurist, among them “Prediction #6 -- AI comes of age, this time asking the questions, too” (Feb 9, 2018) and “Strong Views Weakly Held” (Jun 12, 2016).

Is Paul Saffo : futurist still active?

Yes, Paul Saffo : futurist is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Dec 5, 2018.