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VP Engineering Vs CTO
Fred Wilson – Oct 31, 2011
Last week on MBA Mondays I posted about the difference between CFO and VP Finance. In the comments to that post, I was asked about VP Eng vs CTO and I figured that had the makings of a good post [...] Read more
Trust and Personal Scaling
Albert Wenger – Oct 31, 2011
I have had the privilege of observing a number of founders grow their companies from just a few people to over a hundred employees. Leaving all the other growth challenges aside, I have come to conclude that personal scaling is [...] Read more
Codecademy
Albert Wenger – Oct 28, 2011
Andy has a great post over at the USV blog announcing our investment in Codecademy. Knowing how computers work and how to program them I believe will be quintessential knowledge for everyone. It is shocking to me that I had [...] Read more
Help Stop the Internet Censorship Bill
Albert Wenger – Oct 27, 2011
There is an awful bill making its way around congress. I first wrote about this when it was called COICA and was thankfully defeated due to opposition from Senator Ron Wyden. Then it returned as the PROTECT IP act or [...] Read more
John McCarthy
Albert Wenger – Oct 26, 2011
This has been a strange month with several of the giants of computing passing away within weeks of each other. I have already written about Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie. Now John McCarthy, the father of Lisp and early AI [...] Read more
Analyst hiring update #2
Christina Cacioppo – Oct 24, 2011
A few weeks ago, we announced we're looking for someone to join the USV team as an analyst. We accepted applications for two weeks, until October 14, using Take The Interview.We hoped 14 days was enough time for potential applicants. [...] Read more
VP Finance vs CFO
Fred Wilson – Oct 24, 2011
Today on MBA Mondays we are going to talk about the financial leader in an organization. Sometimes this person is called the VP Finance and sometimes they are called the CFO. What is the difference? When will a VP Finance [...] Read more
Foundations of Probability (My New Skillshare Class)
Albert Wenger – Oct 24, 2011
When I taught my Skillshare class on Bayesian Probability, I wound up spending a fair bit of time sharing my fascination with the foundations of probability. Why is there uncertainty in the world to begin with? How do we measure [...] Read more
Codecademy
Andy Weissman – Oct 23, 2011
A few weeks back, Ryan Bubinski, who co-founded Codecademy with Zach Sims, said to me that he thought learning how to code should be a fundamental skill on par with learning how to read or write or do arithmetic. And, [...] Read more