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Hiring New Analysts
Albert Wenger – Feb 1, 2018
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting two new analysts at USV. Analysts at USV are part of the investment team and work closely with partners both on current portfolio and potential new investments. They gain exposure to our large network of startup and growth companies, as well as insight into our investment decision process. Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Spurious Correlation (Intro)
Albert Wenger – Jan 31, 2018
In the last Uncertainty Wednesday post on Sample Variance, I wrote that “Inference from data without explanations is how people go deeply wrong about reality.” It occurred to me that the best way to illustrate this is by writing about [...] Read more
World After Capital: Work In Progress & Preface
Albert Wenger – Jan 29, 2018
NOTE: One of my goals for 2018 is to bring my book World After Capital to the point where I feel it is good enough to publish in paper form. I have come to realize that if I just keep [...] Read more
Mycroft: Open Consumer Voice Platform
Albert Wenger – Jan 26, 2018
Late in 2016 I wrote a blog post titled “Voice Platforms: Open Alternative is an Opportunity.” At the time I learned about a project called Mycroft. This project has just launched its second version, the Mark II, on Kickstarter. If [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Sample Variance (Cont’d)
Albert Wenger – Jan 24, 2018
Last Uncertainty Wednesday, I used meteorite impact data to make the point that sample variance may be much smaller than actual variance. Following the post, I was asked a great question on Twitter: “Is there such thing as estimation error [...] Read more
The Importance of Sleep
Albert Wenger – Jan 22, 2018
It appears that some people genetically need only 4 hours of sleep per night. Well, I am not one of them. I also don’t seem to be needing less sleep as I am getting older. Instead, I have come to [...] Read more
Martin Luther King Jr Supported Basic Income
Albert Wenger – Jan 15, 2018
We have the USV office closed today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. day. In his book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community” he wrote: I strongly recommend reading a longer excerpt from the book, which [...] Read more
A SIM Switch Account Takeover (Mine)
Albert Wenger – Jan 12, 2018
It happened on the second to last day of a wonderful family trip to Southeast Asia. I looked at my mobile phone in the morning and it had an alert that said something like “SIM not recognized.” I should have [...] Read more
Meltdown and Spectre are Good … for Innovation
Albert Wenger – Jan 4, 2018
So I am still away on family vacation and following a self-imposed online diet, but even then it has been impossible to ignore the monster sized vulnerabilities disclosed today known as Meltdown and Spectre. And just to make sure nobody [...] Read more