Check Out Google Ventures on Medium: Real-World Sprint Stories

GV's sprint process is being used by companies around the world, and they're sharing their stories here.

AIG Completes Multinational Blockchain Insurance Test Using Hyperledger

Built by IBM using the open-source Hyperledger Fabric protocol, AIG has made what appears to be its first foray into blockchain.
"Our pilot proves blockchain has a powerful role to play in the future of insurance," according to Rob Schimek, CEO of Commercial at AIG.

Does VC Fund Differentiation Matter?

From Brad Feld: There are words that get overused to the point of not meaning anything. Differentiation is one of them. It’s now part of a cliche, as in “how are you differentiated?”
I no longer care about this.

What real words are actually valid CSS HEX colors?

This is fun - hex values that are actual English words. So, will all words have a color?

Speaking of which: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

How come certain random strings produce colors when entered as background colors in HTML?

Instagram Makes a Smooth Move to Python 3

Instagram's engineering team discusses their 10 month process of moving to Python 3.
"Performance speed is no longer the primary worry. Time to market speed is." — Hui Ding

Working with time in Postgres

This Hacker News post has the most valuable content in the comments themselves. You'll want to bookmark it.

Meet Josh Frank, Our Product Manager

We welcome Josh Frank to the Revelry team as Product Manager to help us communicate our priorities and products with his truly astounding gift.