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Video Of The Week: The Upfront Summit Crypto Video
Fred Wilson – Feb 3, 2018
The annual Upfront Summit took place in LA this past week. I attended day two and enjoyed it very much. Prior to the summit, the Upfront team interviewed a bunch of investors in the crypto sector and put together this [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: The Upfront Summit Crypto Video
Fred Wilson – Feb 3, 2018
The annual Upfront Summit took place in LA this past week. I attended day two and enjoyed it very much. Prior to the summit, the Upfront team interviewed a bunch of investors in the crypto sector and put together this [...] Read more
USV Is Hiring Two Analysts
Fred Wilson – Feb 1, 2018
It’s that time again. USV is hiring two analysts, each for a two year rotation . Read more
Hiring New Analysts
Albert Wenger – Feb 1, 2018
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting two new analysts at USV. Analysts at USV are part of the investment team and work closely with partners both on current portfolio and potential new investments. They gain exposure to our large network of startup and growth companies, as well as insight into our investment decision process. Read more
An Addition To The AVC Comment Policy
Fred Wilson – Jan 31, 2018
Yesterday I went to see what the community was talking about and found this at the top of the comment threads: I thought to myself “oh shit, the token scammers have arrived” and immediately deleted those comments and left a [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Spurious Correlation (Intro)
Albert Wenger – Jan 31, 2018
In the last Uncertainty Wednesday post on Sample Variance, I wrote that “Inference from data without explanations is how people go deeply wrong about reality.” It occurred to me that the best way to illustrate this is by writing about [...] Read more
USV Manager Bootcamp
Fred Wilson – Jan 30, 2018
Our USV Portfolio Network Team built a new offering last year called the USV Manager Bootcamp . Read more
A Low-Volume, High-Conviction, High-Support Investor
Fred Wilson – Jan 29, 2018
My friend Mark Mullen and his partner Jim Andelman are announcing a new VC firm in Southern California today . They call themselves Bonfire Ventures . I love how they describe themselves as “a low-volume, high-conviction, high-support investor.” That is [...] Read more
World After Capital: Work In Progress & Preface
Albert Wenger – Jan 29, 2018
NOTE: One of my goals for 2018 is to bring my book World After Capital to the point where I feel it is good enough to publish in paper form. I have come to realize that if I just keep [...] Read more