Pay Attention To The Package
Tech investing is a lot about big trends and timing them. We knew mobile was going to be a game changer as far back as the mid 90s, but it didn't really take off until the iPhone came along in [...] Read more
Pay Attention To The Package
Tech investing is a lot about big trends and timing them. We knew mobile was going to be a game changer as far back as the mid 90s, but it didn’t really take off until the iPhone came along in [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Albert on Squawk Box
My partner Albert went on Squawk Box along with Chris Hughes a few weeks ago. Here is the part where Albert talked about his views on intellectual property rights and a bit more. USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — March [...] Read more
Teaching kids to invest
I’ve written a bunch about why it’s expensive to be poor , why we need better tools for managing money , and how to move from a labor mindset to a capital mindset . A big takeaway for me is [...] Read more
I Read Your Newsletter
I get that a lot. And I saw this on Twitter this week (which made my day, Matt is great). @matt_levine and @fredwilson are the two newsletters I most look forward to reading each day — Shaun Chaudhary (@shaundre3k) February [...] Read more
From Simulscribe, To Edison Jr, To Doorbot, To Ring, To Amazon
Yesterday it was announced that Ring had sold to Amazon . The Gotham Gal was an early seed investor in Ring’s predecessor Doorbot, which came out of an incubator called Edison Jr that she was also an investor in. So [...] Read more
The “VC Funnel”
I saw this image in my twitter feed this morning: Which led me to this CB Insights post from last October . You can scroll down to the bottom of that CB Insights post to see how they came up [...] Read more
Hiring New Analysts (Update 2)
A second quick update on our analyst hiring process (previous update, original announcement). We have now reviewed all applications. We will be reaching out this week to all candidates, starting with those who have made it to the next stage, which will be telephone interviews. Read more
Safe Harbors
I am not opposed to regulation. I think that industry needs to play by a set of rules that ensures things like public safety, fair dealing, etc. But I do think that regulating an industry or a company too early [...] Read more