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Uncertainty Wednesday: Misunderstanding Sample Correlation (Fat Tails)
Albert Wenger – Jan 16, 2019
Today’s Uncertainty Wednesday revisits a favorite topic of mine: correlation. I first wrote about the importance of thinking about correlation in modeling over 10 years ago, long before starting the Uncertainty Wednesday series (the reference to Excel is a giveaway). [...] Read more
Saying it’s okay when it’s really not
Bethany Crystal – Jan 16, 2019
Stop me if any of these sound familiar: Scenario 1: Work connection cancels / reschedules a meeting on you for the third time in the row. You: “All good!” Scenario 2: Friend outright stands you up for dinner; says they [...] Read more
The Worst Way to Apply for a Job You Really Want
Bethany Crystal – Jan 16, 2019
About 10 years ago, when I was trying to move to New York City, I really *really* wanted to work for a certain company. Let’s call it Dragon Co. I’m telling you, I was a little obsessed with the idea [...] Read more
Hamilton in Puerto Rico: The Eye of the Hurricane
Bethany Crystal – Jan 16, 2019
I love invited dress rehearsals. I’ll never get tired of being a part of a work in progress or helping “beta test” a new work of art. I love watching the faces of the actors on stage as they finally [...] Read more
The Daily Dose
Fred Wilson – Jan 15, 2019
At the bottom of the first post on this blog is a widget that contains links to recent blog posts by other USV team members. Many USV folks blog regularly and this widget surfaces those posts to all of you [...] Read more
More Data On VC’s Big Year In 2018
Fred Wilson – Jan 14, 2019
Last week I wrote about and linked to the PWC/CB Insights round up of venture investing in 2018. Well less than a week later Crunchbase is out with its own data on 2018 . The Crunchbase numbers are much bigger, [...] Read more
Measuring the impact of a VC platform strategy
Bethany Crystal – Jan 14, 2019
Yesterday I joined into a pretty extensive Twitter thread about the importance of “platform efforts” at venture capital firms — or, the post-investment value add engagement work that I do on the Network team at USV. In this thread, folks [...] Read more
World After Capital: Patents (Informational Freedom)
Albert Wenger – Jan 14, 2019
NOTE: Today’s excerpt from World After Capital continues the topic of Informational Freedom, discussing overreach in the patent system and offering prizes as an alternative mechanism. This is timely as the patent office has unfortunately issued new rules that will [...] Read more
Cause Or Effect?
Fred Wilson – Jan 13, 2019
In the wake of Erin Griffith’s piece in the NY Times suggesting that venture capital is toxic for some entrepreneurs, there has been a fair bit of debate about the causes of that situation. Dan Primack tweeted this yesterday: One [...] Read more