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Lessons in Change Management: Navigating Penn Station
Bethany Crystal – May 19, 2019
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about “in flux” stages at work. Maybe you have new people joining, senior people leaving, a shift of product focus, or a change in direction. We’ve had a little bit of this happening lately [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Consenus 2019
Fred Wilson – May 18, 2019
This past Wednesday, I appeared on stage at Consensus 2019 with Paul Vigna of the Wall Street Journal and Brian Armstrong , CEO of our portfolio company Coinbase . The topic we were supposed to discuss was why crypto has [...] Read more
Public Speaking
Fred Wilson – May 16, 2019
I don’t do as much public speaking as I used to. Fortunately my colleagues at USV have picked up the slack and we are still out there telling the world what we believe in and why. I think that is [...] Read more
Learning & Development at USV
Bethany Crystal – May 15, 2019
A few years ago, in a survey of 500+ employees across USV portfolio companies, we were surprised to see questions about best practices in management and leadership bubbling to the top. When we asked people what they expected to spend [...] Read more
Crypto Spring?
Fred Wilson – May 15, 2019
On Monday, I wrote : With the crypto winter seemingly coming to an end and spring on the horizon, So why do I think winter is behind us and spring is on the horizon? Well you can see in the [...] Read more
Exploring An Investment Thesis
Fred Wilson – May 14, 2019
I remember back in the 2005/2006/2007 time frame when blogging and social media was coming of age, I used this blog as a petri dish to explore ideas like influencer marketing, social advertising, and virality that have become critical parts [...] Read more
Building a culture of success
Nick Grossman – May 13, 2019
My son played in a baseball tournament this weekend. His team did well, and finished as the runner-up. The team that beat them in the finals played really well, but more importantly, it was obvious that they had a strong [...] Read more
Numberline
Dani Grant – May 13, 2019
I’m working on a new side project called Numberline. It's a line you can text to play with numbers and learm some mental math. I’d love for you to try it out. Text +1 (575) 223-1415 to start. (ahem, +1 [...] Read more
Blockchain Week NYC
Fred Wilson – May 13, 2019
It is that time of year again, when the entire crypto sector comes to NYC. It is called Blockchain Week NYC and there are a dozen or more industry events like the Coin Center Annual Dinner , The Third Annual [...] Read more