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Fred Wilson – Jul 12, 2012
Twenty years into the personal technology revolution and we are still using address books that work pretty much like physical address books. It makes no sense. The mobile address book should be hyperconnected to our digital life, informed by it, [...] Read more
Joining USV
Brian Watson – Jun 26, 2012
Hi there, I'm Brian, one of the new analysts (along with Zander) joining the investment team at Union Square Ventures. I couldn't be more excited to get started at USV, examining and investing in the open internet through connected innovation. [...] Read more
Hello World
Zander Pease – Jun 26, 2012
I first came to USV one year ago, almost to the day, as a hackNY fellow. Fred, Brad and Albert gave a talk about venture capital, with a special emphasis on the New York tech ecosystem. I've been following them [...] Read more
And Then There Were Nine
Christina Cacioppo – Jun 26, 2012
Last October, we posted about our search for a new analyst at USV. We received many outstanding applications and spent the fall reading blog posts, following Twitter streams, poking at side projects, and interviewing candidates. We met a number of [...] Read more
Duolingo
Brad Burnham – Jun 18, 2012
Luis von Ahn is nothing if not ambitious. The inventor of the captcha and the founder of re-captcha has a new goal - to translate the web into every major language. Because web users speak hundreds of different languages, and [...] Read more
The Next Stage of USV.com
Andy Weissman – Jun 6, 2012
Almost seven years ago, USV decided that our web site should be a blog. One that allowed for a varied and ongoing conversation with the world and one that could evolve over time. Fast forward to 2012: we realized USV [...] Read more