### Jun 7, 2021

We had a situation recently where a rooftop solar project on a building we own became too expensive (because of NYC Fire Department requirements) and it no longer made economic sense to do the installation. And yet we want to [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/06/community-solar/)

### Jun 4, 2021

I backed this project last week and think the idea is really great. You put a Terra device outside where you hear the sounds of birds in nature and you can then listen to those sounds indoors. There are also [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/06/funding-friday-terra/)

### Apr 27, 2021

Jason Fried, CEO of Basecamp, posted a message to his team yesterday in which he outlined a bunch of changes they are making to the way they run the business. Some will be familiar as others have done similar things [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/paternalism-in-the-office/)

### Apr 26, 2021

I saw this tweet in my feed yesterday and I sent some ETH to India this morning. Here’s the @gnosisSafe Multisig address to donate in ETH/ERC20 to this address. 0x68A99f89E475a078645f4BAC491360aFe255Dff1 "If you want", Plz fill this form so we can [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/sending-crypto-to-india/)

### Apr 23, 2021

“I like coffee, I like hot sauce, would I like hot sauce in my coffee?” So starts the pitch for this Kickstarter. It’s a good one. Since I like coffee and I like hot sauce, I backed it. Email [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/funding-friday-ujjo-the-first-hot-sauce-for-coffee/)

### Apr 22, 2021

Last June, I wrote about board diversity and suggested some things we are doing and that you can do to diversity your board. In the ten months that have passed since I wrote that I am pleased to say [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/the-bolster-board-diversity-survey/)

### Apr 21, 2021

A well-known entrepreneur turned VC, who will go unnamed because I am not sure he would want me to share this conversation publicly, once told me “if you remove a founder, you must sell the company within a couple of [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/the-vision-thing/)

### Apr 20, 2021

Long-time readers know that I am a big Citibike fan. Citibike is the name of NYC’s bike-share program. I have been blogging about it since it launched in the spring of 2013, eight years ago now. I wrote this at [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/citibiking/)

### Apr 19, 2021

With new Covid cases down 30% in the last two weeks and partially vaccinated people approaching 50%, NYC seems ready to start getting back to work. I have been going to the office several days a week for the last [Read more](https://avc.com/2021/04/commercial-real-estate/)