A historical collection of our writing.
Network effects are central to our investment thesis at USV. We believe that they provide one of the few (the only?) source of sustainable competitive advantage. We have also been outspoken about wanting to limit the power that these network effects provide to winning companies. One proposal that I […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
My book World After Capital argues that we are living in a dangerous time of transition: industrial capitalism is breaking down and we don’t yet have a viable alternative. Incumbent politicians are still clinging to fixing the existing system while insurgent populists are arguing for big changes. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
When we invested in Onename in 2014 it was with the conviction that decentralized applications will require human readable identity systems for some applications. Take the DAO for example. As of writing this post it has raised nearly $110 million dollars including some from me. The allocation of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
When I talk or write about basic income, people have many questions on issues such as affordability and impact on the work market. But one question is bigger than all of those: Because basic income is a new concept for many they have not thought about this question before in this form. But most […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the questions that I get asked a fair bit is what characteristics help a founder to be successful. I have often answered “being stubborn but not too stubborn.” I then elaborate stubborn as sticking to a vision even as others say it can’t be done and the inevitable setbacks occur, and not too […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Today is our annual get together for USV portfolio company CEOs. A few years back, when we first started building out the USV network, we switched to an un-conference format. Gary Chou who first started to bring portfolio companies in the network pioneered this. Gary’s insight was to create an […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
