A historical collection of our writing.
A good friend of mine recently conducted a fun survey – he asked people why they thought digital was disruptive (I don’t know if he will ever publish the results as this was an internal project at a consulting company). My own answer to that is simple: digital is disruptive because zero marginal […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I believe in progress. I am optimistic about the longrun. But if we want to get to a better future we have to start by acknowledging how much we still let our emotions control our behavior. It is all around us everyday. From people yelling at each other on Twitter and in comments to physical […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I took last week off from blogging for family reasons which means I sat out a big wave of posts about Uber. Don’t worry, I am not going to rehash that particular discussion. Instead, I want to point out what I believe the big questions are that should be asked of all companies in this […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The first thing Brad taught me when I joined Union Square Ventures is that one of the greatest things about working in the Venture Capital business is that you get to look at markets from a very different vantage point. Every day, we have the privilege to learn what the future is going to look […] Read more (opens Joel Monegro in a new tab)
Web services, like governments, don’t make anything, they just create the conditions necessary for their users to create value. Today’s largest networks have demonstrated this to be true. Passionate communities have been born out of services like Twitter and Meetup. Entire businesses have been […] Read more
I was talking when I should have been listening – Grant Hart As venture investors, we look at our investments and investment strategy continuously at a macro level. Questions like: how much are we investing and how fast? How does that compare to our other funds? What are our ownership levels and […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
