A historical collection of our writing.
I have been meaning to write about my recent experience with Google App Engine and also about the Pokemon Go phenomenon. And I will eventually do so, but given the events in the US this past week these topics seem trivial to me at the moment. The statistics make it abundantly clear that deadly force […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
As an immigrant to America, I have enjoyed many 4th of July celebrations over the years. Given the Brexit vote, I woke up today wondering though what it means for a nation to be independent in the world we live in. All the big problems we face as humanity such as climate change, infectious diseases, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday I attended MongoDB World here in Manhattan. There was a huge turnout and excellent sessions but the most exciting part of the day for me was the announcement of MongoDB Atlas. Atlas is MongoDB as a service (part of the DBaaS, data base as a service, category). This means you no longer […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I have been writing here on Continuations and in my book World After Capital that we need to be vigilant and defend democracy. Many people are taking the Brexit vote as evidence that direct democracy is a bad idea. While I am not necessarily a strong advocate for direct democracy I do think this […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday we publicly announced our 2016 fund and with it an evolution that has taken place behind the scenes at USV. Andy and I are now the managing partners with Fred, Brad and John continuing to invest and participate fully in the firm. John’s post and Fred’s post explain this in more detail. So […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This week, we will close our first investment in USV’s 2016 fund, which has total capital commitments of $175 million, the same size as our 2014 fund. This will be USV’s fifth early-stage fund. We continue to make new investments in our second Opportunity fund, which is not fully invested and has […] Read more
