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Back in May, I had what ended up being a major hand surgery — repairing a torn tendon and in the process reconstructing the end of my pinkie by grafting tendons borrowed from my ring finger.  As a result, I [...]  Read more

I will be attending a press event today in NYC where Airbnb is announcing a $10mm program to support local efforts that improve the lives of New York State residents. Airbnb calls this program A Fair Share and it estimates [...]  Read more

At USV, we have always had simple and investor-friendly terms with the institutions and individuals that provide the capital we invest. I got thinking about that this morning in reading Brad Feld’s post about recycling management fees , something we do aggressively [...]  Read more

I introduced a young friend of one of my children to a colleague in the tech business last month. The young friend took a day to reply to the email introduction and by then the introduction had gone cold. Happily [...]  Read more

A central concept on the internet is Layering .  Each of the protocols in the internet stack talks to the layer directly above and below it — new protocols can be added as long as they speak the language of [...]  Read more

One of the things I have disliked the most about the crypto sector is the idea that people should “hodl” or “hold on for dear life.” I have written many times here at AVC that one should take profits when [...]  Read more

On this episode of the Epicenter podcast, Ryan Selkis , founder of the Messari project , talks about what they are trying to do with Messari and how it might bring needed transparency and accountability to ICOs and other token [...]  Read more

More and more of the news around tech these days is about the relationship between technology companies and government. That was not the case a decade ago when regulators and elected officials took a largely hands off approach to technology, [...]  Read more