Writing

At USV, we talk a lot about our investment thesis .  The USV thesis is a set of ideas that has guided our investing over the years.  It is a tool we use to help ourselves know what to look [...]  Read more

Last Thursday I wrote about the Helium launch in NYC and suggested that readers might want to purchase a Helium hotspot. Well, I have good news. AVC readers can buy a Helium hotspot with a discount. Here is how you [...]  Read more

So goes the famous Mark Twain quote. I thought of this in reading a few blockchain sector reports this morning. David Kelnar ‘s “blockchain primer ” is a very good summary of what is promising about the crypto sector and [...]  Read more

I wrote a bit about our investment in Recount Media last month . I have found their daily videos that give me what I need to know in five minutes or less a godsend. This past week was a blur [...]  Read more

I almost never take a reward when I back a Kickstarter project but I did that this morning with these playing cards . I can’t wait to get them. Read more

On Tuesday night, our portfolio company Helium launched the Helium Network in NYC. As many of you know, Helium is a peer to peer low bandwidth wireless network that anyone can run a hotspot for . I wrote about our [...]  Read more

When I was a young associate in a VC firm in my mid 20s, one of the partners told me I should get an annual physical every year and if I did it in the fall, I should get a [...]  Read more

Back in March 2009, USV hosted an event called Hacking Education. It was the beginning of our effort to invest in the transformation of the education sector. A few weeks ago, USV held its annual meeting, roughly 15 years after [...]  Read more