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Hacking Education
Brad Burnham – May 8, 2009
It has been two months since we hosted a great group of academics, entrepreneurs, educators, and administrators at our Union Square Sessions Event, Hacking Education. Fred posted his initial thoughts immediately after the event and in a great example of [...] Read more
Open Spectrum is Good Policy
Brad Burnham – Apr 3, 2009
Fred wrote a post earlier this week advocating for more "open spectrum". Fred argues in his post that freeing up more open spectrum will have a much larger impact than spending $7.2B in stimulus money to run wires to rural [...] Read more
Hacking Education
Eric Friedman – Mar 6, 2009
Today we put on an event called Hacking Education which is about the intersection of education and technology.Thanks to all those who came out to the event today and to those who participated on the web.If you are interested in [...] Read more
Welcome Back Dave
Brad Burnham – Mar 5, 2009
There is an old and perhaps slightly shopworn saying in the venture business that you back the jockey and not the horse. But in markets undergoing dramatic transformation, where there is a real advantage to being quick on your feet, [...] Read more
Pinch Media’s iPhone App Store Secrets
Brad Burnham – Feb 25, 2009
There is a great post up on the Pinch Media blog that links to a presentation they did for an IPhone user's group here in New York. Pinch Media provides analytics for several hundred applications in the iPhone app store. [...] Read more
Twitter Fills The Tank
Fred Wilson – Feb 13, 2009
This is hardly news since it leaked almost a month ago. Today our portfolio company Twitter announced that it has raised $35mm from two west coast venture capital firms, Benchmark and IVP. Union Square Ventures will also invest to maintain [...] Read more