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Visualizing our Investments
Fred Wilson – Nov 30, 2012
Union Square Ventures is a thesis driven firm. We don't really invest in the consumer web, networks, mobile, the cloud, or any specific technology. We invest in the disruption of the global economy caused by the increasing liquidity of information [...] Read more
MBA Mondays: The Revenue Model Hackpad, Take Two
Fred Wilson – Nov 27, 2012
So I messed up bigtime yesterday. I created a "final version" of the revenue model hackpad and locked it down so hard that nobody could even see it. What happened is I am using a product, hackpad, that I don't [...] Read more
MBA Mondays: Next Topics
Fred Wilson – Nov 12, 2012
Back at the end of April I wrote a post asking for ideas for the next few topics for MBA Mondays. Out of that came the series on People which I followed with a series on Sustainability. It's time for [...] Read more
MBA Mondays From The Archive: Analyzing Financial Statements
Fred Wilson – Sep 24, 2012
My favorite course in business school was Financial Statement Analysis. It was like taking a course in investigative journalism or learning how to be a police detective. The professor explained that if you look hard enough, you can learn most [...] Read more
MBA Mondays From The Archives: Cash Flow
Fred Wilson – Sep 17, 2012
Continuing this month's practice of pulling an accounting related blog post from the archives, this week we feature the post on Cash Flow. The Income Statement and Balance Sheet get more attention, but there is nothing more important in keeping [...] Read more
Networks And The Enterprise
Fred Wilson – Aug 30, 2012
Many think that USV is a consumer web investor. We don't think of ourselves that way. We invest in networks and for most of our short history, that has meant investing in networks of individuals connecting with each other. Thus [...] Read more
MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Susan Loh
Fred Wilson – Aug 6, 2012
When I introduced this series on People, I stated that it was going to have a bunch of guest posts because there are many people who know a lot more about the people side of business than I do. One [...] Read more
MBA Mondays: Guest Post From Angela Baldonero
Fred Wilson – Jul 23, 2012
Angela is SVP of People and Client Success at Return Path. She joined Return Path over five years ago to focus on the People job and she has added responsibilities since then. I asked Angela to write one of the [...] Read more
Brewster
Fred Wilson – Jul 12, 2012
Twenty years into the personal technology revolution and we are still using address books that work pretty much like physical address books. It makes no sense. The mobile address book should be hyperconnected to our digital life, informed by it, [...] Read more