By Andy Weissman—May 5, 2019

The whole freaking world was full of people who were bound to tell you they weren’t qualified to do this or that but they were determined to go ahead and do just that thing anyway -Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test In the mid-90s I worked for a man whose management style we used […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—May 4, 2019

John Buttrick has been a partner at USV for almost a decade. He mostly focuses on financial services but also does a few other things for us. In this chat with John Siracusa , John talks about how he ended up at USV, our investing thesis, and a number of financial services investments he has […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Albert Wenger—May 3, 2019

I wrote a post a few years ago titled “Some Things I Have Learned About Email” which among other things advocates for double opt-in introductions. These have by now thankfully become fairly standard and when people don’t follow the protocol it now stands out. There is one more thing though that is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)

By Bethany Crystal—May 3, 2019

My husband and I have a blind cat who needs eye drops twice a day. Sometimes he’s home to give her eye drops. Sometimes I am. But it has become a chore that we alternate between ourselves, without any particular assigned schedule between the two of us. One day when I got home, I took […] Read more (opens Medium in a new tab)

By Dani Grant—May 2, 2019

There is an aptitude test that measures creativity by asking people to name use cases for objects such as a paper clip. People who score in the genius category not only come up with many use cases for a paper clip, they also change what it means to be a paper clip: if the paper clip were […] Read more

By Fred Wilson—May 2, 2019

Entrepreneurship and startup investing is a long game. It requires patience, resilience, capital, commitment, and much more. But even so, the average life of a venture capital investment is seven to ten years. It is rare for it to go longer than that. But it can happen. Yesterday marked the end of […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)