A historical collection of our writing.
I have had the privilege of observing a number of founders grow their companies from just a few people to over a hundred employees. Leaving all the other growth challenges aside, I have come to conclude that personal scaling is the most important issue. By personal scaling I mean figuring out how […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Andy has a great post over at the USV blog announcing our investment in Codecademy. Knowing how computers work and how to program them I believe will be quintessential knowledge for everyone. It is shocking to me that I had to enroll my kids separately to have them learn typing. While they have […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
There is an awful bill making its way around congress. I first wrote about this when it was called COICA and was thankfully defeated due to opposition from Senator Ron Wyden. Then it returned as the PROTECT IP act or PIPA. Now we have the house version which is in part called, I kid you […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This has been a strange month with several of the giants of computing passing away within weeks of each other. I have already written about Steve Jobs and Dennis Ritchie. Now John McCarthy, the father of Lisp and early AI pioneer has died. It is not just that these three had a huge impact on […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Christina CacioppoA few weeks ago, we announced we’re looking for someone to join the USV team as an analyst. We accepted applications for two weeks, until October 14, using Take The Interview. We hoped 14 days was enough time for potential applicants. That might’ve been true, although it turns out most people […] Read more
Fred WilsonToday on MBA Mondays we are going to talk about the financial leader in an organization. Sometimes this person is called the VP Finance and sometimes they are called the CFO. What is the difference? When will a VP Finance do? And when do you need a CFO? Like all titles, they can get mangled. […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
