A historical collection of our writing.
Lauren YoungCo-authored by Alex Gachanja As captured in USV Thesis 3.0, the potential to leverage networks is a core component of our investment criteria. Over the years, it has become clear that diversity within networks builds better businesses. Organizations with diverse teams are 8x more likely to have […] Read more
Matt CynamonBack in May we published a post on how COVID was impacting hiring across the portfolio. On its worst day, our job board had only 750 jobs available, down over 50% from earlier in the year. With open jobs in the portfolio now climbing above 1,000 for the first time since April, we thought we’d give […] Read more
Matt CynamonAs the longer term impacts of COVID-19 continue to reveal themselves, one area we’ve been paying close attention to is the jobs market. In our portfolio, some companies have newfound tailwinds and are accelerating hiring. Others are cutting back either because their business has been impacted or […] Read more
Matt CynamonThis year USV is celebrating 10 years of having a network team. While it’s evolved over time, the core principle of leveraging network effects to help our companies build better businesses has remained constant. We’ve always felt this model of support was most in line with our investment thesis. […] Read more
Lauren YoungAt USV we believe in the power of network effects. This belief weaves heavily into our investment strategy, how we help our companies think about building businesses, and naturally, in the post-investment stage in how we think about building our portfolio network. We also believe that the most […] Read more
Bethany CrystalFor the past three years, we have conducted an annual survey where we ask our CEOs to share feedback about our performance in supporting them as partners and board members. While we hope that feedback can be a continual, iterative process, we’ve found that it’s helpful to offer at least one formal, […] Read more
