Writing

A friend asked me over the weekend “why do VCs ask for a management rights letter when they make an investment?” A management rights letter is a short agreement between a company and an investor to allow them certain “management [...]  Read more

I have written previously about the need to regulate the use of facial recognition technology . The calls for regulation have become stronger in the wake of Kashmir Hill ’s New York Times article about Clearview AI . It is [...]  Read more

I read this post on Bloomberg about a theme this week at Davos (never been) about the 2020s being a “Peak Decade”: Peak Globalization (tighter borders in the coming years) Peak Capitalism (the emergence of “stakeholder capitalism”) Peak Inequality (the [...]  Read more

I spent time over the past few days with several entrepreneurs who are building crypto or “web 3” applications well outside of the financial space. One of the takeaways for me was of the important role that digital “bearer” assets [...]  Read more

I love this project and backed it instantly when a friend showed it to me last week. USV TEAM POSTS: Zapier Bot — Jan 16, 2020 Explaining the rules of a game? Start with the goals Nick Grossman — Jan [...]  Read more

Learning the rules of a game If you’ve ever been introduced to a new game, it’s important to start with the rules. In all likelihood, if you’re playing a game as a group, someone else around the table — maybe, [...]  Read more

My partner Albert wrote a bit about how USV is investing in the climate/sustainability sector today . The high-level summary is “not very differently than we have and are investing in other sectors”. At USV, we like certain businesss models, [...]  Read more

I spent the morning today at MTA headquarters, judging the “Accessibility” category of the NYC Transit Tech Lab competition , organized by the Partnership for NYC . Here is the view from the 20th floor of MTA HQ at Bowling [...]  Read more

Yesterday evening, the Gotham Gal and I went to see Jerry Colonna do a reading from his recent book , Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up . As we were standing around chatting waiting for Jerry to go [...]  Read more