A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonI have been listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb ‘s new book, Skin In The Game , in audiobook form while driving around LA this past week. I’ve always been a fan of having skin in the game and others having skin in the game and so it’s a topic that makes a lot of sense […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonI told this story last night at dinner to the Gotham Gal (who has heard it many times) and two friends who are in the investment business. They loved it. I’ve blogged it before, but it has been almost ten years since I’ve told it here. So I am going to share it with all […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonFirst a disclosure for all the disclosure enthusiasts who hound me here and on Twitter to disclose things that are well known to most readers in hopes of turning this blog into a legal document: USV is a large investor in Coinbase and I am on the Board of Coinbase. Ok, now that we have […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
After a short break of a few weeks, Uncertainty Wednesday is back! My last post had been the third part in a series on “Spurious Correlation” which ended with “Interestingly, this takes me to the edge of my own knowledge and so I have asked an expert in Bayesian estimation to help me. Stay tuned!” […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonEverywhere I look on the west side of Los Angeles, I see Bird Scooters . These are electric scooters you can rent from your mobile phone. They look like this: I finally got around to taking a ride on a Bird today. After you download the app on your phone, you snap a picture of […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
We are in the middle of our 2018 Analyst hiring process at USV. For the last several hiring cycles, USV has an open hiring process, where anyone can apply. I actually wrote about it back in 2011 , right before I joined USV, remarking at the high quality of applicants that the process produced. That […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
