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David Gabeau – Mar 22, 2020
It's kind of sad that HQ Trivia, a mobile live game show, is no longer running. This should be its moment. Much of the world has spent the last week quarantined in their homes and are unable to watch live [...] Read more
Putting the Economy in Suspended Animation: A Proposal
Albert Wenger – Mar 21, 2020
Now that we are finally going on lockdown here in the US in order to flatten the curve of the COVID19 crisis, we also need to take drastic measures to put the economy on suspended animation. In particular, I propose [...] Read more
COVID19 Crisis, Business Advice and First Principles
Albert Wenger – Mar 20, 2020
I have written a few general posts about the COVID19 crisis already. Today I want to address all of those running a company or making management decisions with a simple message: avoid generic business advice! By generic advice I mean [...] Read more
Funding Friday: The Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation Relief Fund
Fred Wilson – Mar 20, 2020
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that when this is all over, I can’t wait to go to my favorite restaurants and enjoy their hospitality and food. If they are able to re-open. While many industries are facing difficult times in [...] Read more
Correlation and Market Meltdowns
Fred Wilson – Mar 19, 2020
On the first episode of Howard’s new podcast , his guest said, “in panics, all assets are correlated.” I suspect that is true to some extent. When bad news hits, I have seen traders sell quickly, get to cash, and [...] Read more
New Faces At USV
Fred Wilson – Mar 18, 2020
We onboarded our new analyst team over the last few weeks at USV. As is our tradition, they have each written a “hello world” blog post on usv.com introducing themselves. They are: David Hannah Hanel I can’t imagine how hard [...] Read more
Joining USV
Hannah Murdoch – Mar 18, 2020
Hi everyone! I’m a new analyst at USV and am incredibly excited to be a part of the team. Joining from Google[X], I most recently supported emerging technologies through all stages of development - from stealth user testing to financing [...] Read more
David @ USV
David Gabeau – Mar 18, 2020
I’m joining Union Square Ventures as an analyst on the investment team. It's already been an adventure as I'm transitioning into the role while the world deals with Covid-19. I’ll be digging into USV’s thesis that networks broadening access to [...] Read more
Joining Union Square Ventures
Hanel Baveja – Mar 18, 2020
I’m very excited to be joining Union Square Ventures as an analyst. I’m coming from Insight Partners, a growth-stage fund located about 20 blocks north of USV. Insight was an invaluable education in sourcing; I spent most of my time [...] Read more