A historical collection of our writing.
By 
Brad Burnham Fred WilsonAndy Weissman
John Buttrick
Albert Wenger
This is the fourth presidential election during the existence of Union Square Ventures and the first one in which we as a firm feel compelled to endorse a candidate: Hillary Clinton. As investors in technology companies, we believe that technology and innovation create broad opportunity and improve […] Read more
As a quick reminder for those who may have missed the beginning, Uncertainty Wednesday is a series about, well, uncertainty. We are in the middle of limits on observations. To understand why these matter and how they relate to uncertainty, you should go back to the initial post in the series which […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Today’s post is over on the USV blog: We are endorsing Hillary Clinton as a team. We explain why we are taking this unusual step. Here is my previous personal endorsement. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the key criteria for the longterm success of any computer system would seem to be stability. For instance, if there is an app that crashes your phone you will use it less or even uninstall it. While it is frustrating when this happens, it is quite amazing that computer systems have any […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The IPO process is pre-Internet and that needs to change ASAP. With the tech IPO window open we are once again being treated to the maddening spectacle of the opening pop in which the first trade price is massively above the IPO price. All sorts of theories are proffered for why that is rational and […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
So far in Uncertainty Wednesday we have seen two different limits on observations: the foundational limit that all observation necessarily entails compression of reality and the further compression resulting from the resolution of measurement. Today we will look at measurement error as a limit on […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
