Writing

I tweeted on friday that our portfolio company Outschool , which offers live K12 classes delivered by real teachers over video, would be offering free classes to those who need them for their kids and can’t afford to buy them [...]  Read more

The Gotham Gal and I have been largely self quarantining in our home for the last two weeks and are preparing to continue doing so for a while longer. It’s a bit depressing to be honest and I’ve been looking [...]  Read more

This reimagination of the card game Old Maid is terrific. I backed it immediately this morning. USV TEAM POSTS: Bethany Crystal — Mar 12, 2020 Keep Calm and Stay Human Albert Wenger — Mar 10, 2020 COVID19: Flatten the Curve [...]  Read more

I got an email from a well known journalist who covers the VC sector today. He was asking a bunch of VCs a few questions that basically can be summed up “are you open for business?” I answered him with [...]  Read more

Every morning I wake up and the headlines look a little bit more like a post-apocalyptic novel. Today’s included: Trump suspends most travel from Europe to try to limit virus Tom Hanks and his wife both have Coronavirus NBA suspends [...]  Read more

My friend Howard Lindzon has started a podcast series called Panic With Friends. It’s about the market meltdown and a lot more. I hope that it turns out to be a short lived series and this panic ends quickly. Episode [...]  Read more

On February 25th we sent a Coronavirus Preparedness email to all of USV’s portfolio company CEOs. Since then it has become clear that many countries, including the US, have far underestimated the severity and spread of COVID19. As of March [...]  Read more

Tech:NYC , NYC’s tech industry association (which I co-chair), has launched a daily email digest for the tech sector to keep up with the latest COVID-19 developments in NYC. Here is the first daily email that went out yesterday afternoon [...]  Read more

Today is a tough day in the financial markets. Who knows where we will end up at the end of the day, the week, or this month. We’ve already seen the major indexes give up around 20% of their value [...]  Read more