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Founder vesting is when founders agree that their founder’s stock will vest over some period of time, normally four years. Many times we will come across a company that we might want to invest in and when we look into [...]  Read more

I have been listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb ‘s new book, Skin In The Game , in audiobook form while driving around LA this past week. I’ve always been a fan of having skin in the game and others having [...]  Read more

I told this story last night at dinner to the Gotham Gal (who has heard it many times) and two friends who are in the investment business. They loved it. I’ve blogged it before, but it has been almost ten [...]  Read more

First a disclosure for all the disclosure enthusiasts who hound me here and on Twitter to disclose things that are well known to most readers in hopes of turning this blog into a legal document: USV is a large investor [...]  Read more

Everywhere I look on the west side of Los Angeles, I see Bird Scooters . These are electric scooters you can rent from your mobile phone. They look like this: I finally got around to taking a ride on a [...]  Read more

We are in the middle of our 2018 Analyst hiring process at USV.  For the last several hiring cycles, USV has an open hiring process, where anyone can apply.  I actually wrote about it back in 2011 , right before I [...]  Read more

I believe the ad Twitter ran at the Oscars last night is their first TV ad. We stand with women around the world to make their voices heard and their presence known. To bring them front and center, today and [...]  Read more