A historical collection of our writing.
The progress with solar technology has been impressive and is well summarized in the following chart which shows the dramatic decline in the price per watt Whenever someone shows a chart like this there will quickly be people who decry subsidies for solar. The answer of course is that at this point […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
USV occasionally engages in debate on public policy issues that impact the freedom to innovate and the health of the web. During the past year, we have advocated in favor of the FCC’s 2015 open internet rules (aka “net neutrality”) along with many members of the startup community. Recently, several […] Read more
Fred had a great post yesterday about why investors in private companies experience more anxiety than those in public ones (can’t sell) together with some spot on recommendations for entrepreneurs on how to deal with anxious investors. I have been an occasionally anxious investor myself. Based on […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
“Now, the question is: how can we transform our public regulations to adopt this kind of model? Here’s the part that no one will like: “1) Regulators need to accept a new model where they focus less on making it hard for people to get started. That means things relaxing...” […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Too many people seem to be having a moment of Schadenfreude in the wake of the Ashley Madison hack – what were “those” people thinking of having an affair (estimates for the overall percentage of married adults having affairs range from 30-60%) or at least of being so “dumb” as to use a service to […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Just last week I wrote that there are legitimate concerns about Uber. Using congestion as the reason to limit the company’s expansion while ordering a study seems wrong and exactly the kind of political move that smacks of corruption. Given that Bill de Blasio received significant support from taxi […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
