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CNBC asked my partner Albert this week at the Slush conference if we are in a bubble in crypto. This is what he said. It’s a very short ( Read more

As Bitcoin has reached five figure levels this week, I have received a number of questions about taxes owed on Bitcoin gains. That is comforting to me. Bitcoin and crypto are a bit like religion. There are a lot of true believers [...]  Read more

I remember at our first USV Sessions event in the summer of 2006 Scott Heiferman stated that he wanted to spend 20 years building a company that would “last.” This was in an era of quick flips where many entrepreneurs [...]  Read more

This is a fantastic Ted Talk given by Karoli Hindriks , founder and CEO of our portfolio company Jobbatical . It’s only ten minutes long and well worth your time this weekend. USV TEAM POSTS: Bethany Marz Crystal — November [...]  Read more

I have written about net neutrality frequently here at AVC. I believe that for as long as we have local monopolies and duopolies for last mile broadband internet in most parts of the US, we need our federal government to actively reign [...]  Read more

Back in 2011, my partner Brad suggested that USV invest in a search engine called DuckDuckGo. I laughed at the idea, "why would we ever want to compete with Google?" "Because they do something Google will never do", Brad explained. [...]  Read more

Back in 2011, my partner Brad suggested that USV invest in a search engine called DuckDuckGo . I laughed at the idea, “why would we ever want to compete with Google?” “Because they do something Google will never do”, Brad [...]  Read more