Writing

A regular reader sent me this project last week and I backed it today and am sharing it with all of you. Read more

I have written Thanksgiving posts in past years thanking entrepreneurs , teachers and my parents . Today I want to thank my immediate family: Susan , Michael , Katie and Peter . You are each amazing in your own way [...]  Read more

there is this thing called the Internet which allows anyone like me to connect a server to it and host content like this blog post. Thankfully there is open source software like WordPress that allows me to do all of [...]  Read more

When I was in my mid-20s and had just gotten a job in venture capital, I read a piece on Alan Shugart , the larger than life founder of Seagate, one of the most successful disk drive companies. Alan was [...]  Read more

These days I often feel as if I am living in a horror movie of the twilight zone variety. People appear to be under some kind of mind control, that seems to be emanating from the handheld devices they all [...]  Read more

At USV, we have had a two-year analyst program since the very early days. The alumni of our analyst program are an impressive group of people. Some have their own venture capital firms, some are founders of companies that are [...]  Read more

My latest project is like a detective agency, only way geekier. You can submit mysteries at globalmysteryinc.com and Global Mystery Inc. will kick off a global search for the best explanation of your mystery. People have already started submitting such [...]  Read more

At USV, we talk a lot about our investment thesis .  The USV thesis is a set of ideas that has guided our investing over the years.  It is a tool we use to help ourselves know what to look [...]  Read more

Last Thursday I wrote about the Helium launch in NYC and suggested that readers might want to purchase a Helium hotspot. Well, I have good news. AVC readers can buy a Helium hotspot with a discount. Here is how you [...]  Read more