Writing

I promised to post this once it is live and it went live today. So here it is: USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Mar 17, 2020 The Great Shift to Video Albert Wenger — Mar 16, 2020 COVID19 What’s [...]  Read more

It has been astonishing (and largely encouraging) to see nearly every activity that can be shifted to video begin to go there. Over the past few days, in our house, we’ve seen the following: Piano lesson over FaceTime Band practice [...]  Read more

I wrote a post about flattening the curve last week. I believe this week we will see some kind of government enforced lockdown in the US similar to the one in place in Italy, Spain and France . It is [...]  Read more

I tweeted on friday that our portfolio company Outschool , which offers live K12 classes delivered by real teachers over video, would be offering free classes to those who need them for their kids and can’t afford to buy them [...]  Read more

The Gotham Gal and I have been largely self quarantining in our home for the last two weeks and are preparing to continue doing so for a while longer. It’s a bit depressing to be honest and I’ve been looking [...]  Read more

This reimagination of the card game Old Maid is terrific. I backed it immediately this morning. USV TEAM POSTS: Bethany Crystal — Mar 12, 2020 Keep Calm and Stay Human Albert Wenger — Mar 10, 2020 COVID19: Flatten the Curve [...]  Read more

I got an email from a well known journalist who covers the VC sector today. He was asking a bunch of VCs a few questions that basically can be summed up “are you open for business?” I answered him with [...]  Read more

Every morning I wake up and the headlines look a little bit more like a post-apocalyptic novel. Today’s included: Trump suspends most travel from Europe to try to limit virus Tom Hanks and his wife both have Coronavirus NBA suspends [...]  Read more

My friend Howard Lindzon has started a podcast series called Panic With Friends. It’s about the market meltdown and a lot more. I hope that it turns out to be a short lived series and this panic ends quickly. Episode [...]  Read more