A historical collection of our writing.
I am often asked about what has changed in Venture Capital and how that has impacted startups. Inevitably I answer that the right place to start when looking for impact on startups is Amazon. My line is: “Amazon has done more for startups than all early stage investors combined.” Why? Because […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the skills we want all of our kids to learn is how to present. This seems like one of those universally useful things: being able to get up in front of an audience and get them to listen to you. Doing this with or without the help of images. Answering questions from the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
It feels like it is fairly well understood that the Internet enables unprecedented sharing of information, ideas and content. At USV we have participated in a bunch of services that make it easier to share – such as Twitter, Behance, Skillshare, Tumblr, YouNow, Foursquare, and others. At the same […] Read more
It turns out I announced Tech Tuesday just over two years ago and wrote the first actual post on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, titled “Computing’s Building Blocks.” Today I am recapping some of the major themes that I have covered so far as preparation for thinking about what to write about next. The […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
So yesterday the Feds busted the guy behind Silk Road, the marketplace for drugs and other illegal things paid in bitcoin. The indictment reads like a screenplay for a movie or Breaking Bad style television series (not that I watched Breaking Bad, just basing this on the inevitable flurry of tweets […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The last two Tech Tuesdays were about common blindspots for all engineering founding teams (marketing, sales) and ditto for all business founding teams (technology). In the comments Brandon asked “how many designer led companies have these problems”? The short answer is “it depends”! What does it […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
