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Christina Cacioppo – Nov 28, 2011
Now is a great time to be an internet entrepreneur. While much of the global economy sputters, tech companies post growth numbers other industries haven't seen in years. Their success hasn't gone unnoticed, and the pace of tech-company creation has [...] Read more
Help Protect Internet Innovation
Albert Wenger – Nov 16, 2011
We have previously written about why the Protect IP Act (PIPA) is bad for innovation. The same is true of the House version of this bill which is called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). In fact, SOPA goes beyond [...] Read more
Analyst hiring update #2
Christina Cacioppo – Oct 24, 2011
A few weeks ago, we announced we're looking for someone to join the USV team as an analyst. We accepted applications for two weeks, until October 14, using Take The Interview.We hoped 14 days was enough time for potential applicants. [...] Read more
Codecademy
Andy Weissman – Oct 23, 2011
A few weeks back, Ryan Bubinski, who co-founded Codecademy with Zach Sims, said to me that he thought learning how to code should be a fundamental skill on par with learning how to read or write or do arithmetic. And, [...] Read more
My Back Pages
Andy Weissman – Oct 20, 2011
For many years, I have been a reader of this blog. I'm excited, and humbled, by the opportunity to now be a contributor and to announce here that I have joined Union Square Ventures. In early 2007, when I joined [...] Read more
Duck Duck Go
Brad Burnham – Oct 13, 2011
When I first got into the venture capital business in the early 90s, it seemed to me that half of the deals I brought to the partnership were dismissed with the line "sure it's cool but what the heck do [...] Read more