A historical collection of our writing.
Following our recent recruiting effort to find Christina and Gary I have been spending a fair bit of time meeting with people we encountered in the process who wanted career advice. Here are some of the points I have found myself talking about repeatedly. First: many people think they want to be an […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as we may obsess about things that happen at work or at home, there are much […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I love to blog about all the awesome things that the Internet is bringing and how that creates great investment opportunities. But once in a while I have first hand experiences that remind me how much innovation could/should/will (?) occur in other areas. Last week was one of those. One of our kids […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday saw the “wire transfer heard ‘round the world,” as Bryce put it in a tweet. Foursquare did indeed close a Series B financing as has by now been widely reported. My job of writing a blog post about this has been made very easy: Dennis wrote a terrific announcement on the foursquare blog, […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Hi, I’m Gary Chou and I’m thrilled to join the team as the General Manager of the Union Square Ventures Network. I’ll be supporting the companies in the USV portfolio and helping to facilitate discussions and opportunities. Aside from that, I’ll also be part of the investment team. I couldn’t be […] Read more
The Supreme Court handed down a bunch of rulings yesterday. The two that I find most interesting relate to patents and guns. Both rulings are disappointing, as I am against software patents and for stricter gun control. But they are also not as terrible as I feared they might be. As far as I can […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
