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Recount Media
Fred Wilson – Oct 29, 2019
Eighteen months ago, I had breakfast with John Heilemann and he told me that his world, political media, was challenged in the shift from linear television (ie cable news) to real-time mobile (ie Twitter). He saw an opportunity to address [...] Read more
How (and why) we gather feedback from our CEOs
Bethany Crystal – Oct 23, 2019
For the past three years, we have conducted an annual survey where we ask our CEOs to share feedback about our performance in supporting them as partners and board members. While we hope that feedback can be a continual, iterative [...] Read more
USV Algorand Transparency Statement, Q4 2019
Nick Grossman – Oct 14, 2019
As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are publishing the first of what will become regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV's has made [...] Read more
Patch Homes, A Modern Finance Company
John Buttrick – Sep 12, 2019
In 2006 my friends Mia and Andre (pseudonyms) bought their dream garden apartment in Harlem for $500K. They had rented in New York for a decade and bought the apartment expecting to make it their home indefinitely. They initially financed [...] Read more
Algorand Economic Improvement Proposal
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2019
As investors in Algorand and node runners on the network, we welcome the first Algorand Economic Improvement Proposal (EIP). Since the launch of the mainnet and the start of trading of the Algo it has become clear that the daily [...] Read more
Announcing Abridge
Naomi Shah – Jul 16, 2019
White walls. You’re sitting on the hospital bed with that paper crinkling under you every time you shift around. It’s harder to focus on what the doctor is saying. The doctor just said the words “blood thinners” and your thoughts [...] Read more