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Foursquare Financing
Albert Wenger – Jun 30, 2010
Yesterday saw the “wire transfer heard ‘round the world,” as Bryce put it in a tweet. Foursquare did indeed close a Series B financing as has by now been widely reported. My job of writing a blog post about this [...] Read more
Getting Started
Chou – Jun 29, 2010
Hi, I'm Gary Chou and I'm thrilled to join the team as the General Manager of the Union Square Ventures Network. I'll be supporting the companies in the USV portfolio and helping to facilitate discussions and opportunities. Aside from that, [...] Read more
Supreme Court in High Gear
Albert Wenger – Jun 29, 2010
The Supreme Court handed down a bunch of rulings yesterday. The two that I find most interesting relate to patents and guns. Both rulings are disappointing, as I am against software patents and for stricter gun control. But they are [...] Read more
Some Thoughts on the Super Angel Funding Discussion
Albert Wenger – Jun 28, 2010
Concentric Circles of Angel Investors
Albert Wenger – Jun 25, 2010
First time entrepreneurs who are just getting going frequently ask me about how to find angel investors. I usually tell them about my theory of “concentric circles” of angel investors. The gist of my theory is that each time you [...] Read more
Big Victory for Google and UGC in General
Albert Wenger – Jun 24, 2010
Yesterday, a judge granted YouTube’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the Viacom v. YouTube litigation. This is a major victory for all user generated content (UGC) companies because it strongly affirms the DMCA safe harbor. Congrats to David Drummond and [...] Read more
UI/UX: Form Laziness Nuisances
Albert Wenger – Jun 23, 2010
I complained about one pet peeve on Monday (stock certificates for startups) and can’t help myself with another one today: programs that complain about user inputs that are easily fixable. Yesterday I copied a bunch of email addresses from Jobscore [...] Read more
Payment Innovation and Net Neutrality
Albert Wenger – Jun 22, 2010
One of the key arguments for net neutrality is that it fosters independent and rapid innovation at both the transport and application layers. It is instructive to look at a different type of network to see what happens to innovation [...] Read more
Can We Please Get Rid of Stock Certificates For Startups?
Albert Wenger – Jun 21, 2010
It is 2010 and while we don’t have jetpacks, it doesn’t seem too much to ask to not have to deal with paper stock certificates. Yet most early stage deals that I see still wind up sending out physical paper [...] Read more