A historical collection of our writing.
Y Combinator’s investor demo day was last week, out in Mountain View, showcasing the latest batch of companies that Paul & Co. have funded and worked with . Kind of blew my mind. Not because I saw 19 very interesting and innovative ideas (yes, every single one of them), not because they will all be […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonLast year, we helped get a company started called TargetSpot. TargetSpot is the first self serve ad network for streaming audio and internet radio. TargetSpot was built by our portfolio company Oddcast for CBS Radio and they eventually concluded it needed to be an independent company. We stepped […] Read more
Brad BurnhamWe closed on Union Square Ventures 2008 LP last week. Our new fund, at $156mm in capital ments, is large enough for us to be able to act on our conviction and to support our portfolio, but small enough to enable us to flexibly build positions in attractive, capital efficient, Web services. The […] Read more
There is one way that a Microsoft – Yahoo merger makes very important sense, and that area has as its base email. Yahoo mail, according to Wikipedia, has 260 million users. Microsoft Hotmail looks to have 280 million users.Putting aside all the chatter about search, display ads and content (total […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Andrew Parker** Update: this position has since been filled. ** We are looking to hire a new analyst here at Union Square Ventures. The analyst position at Union Square Ventures is a two year rotational assignment and a pre-MBA role. We hope that after working with us, that person would move to one of our […] Read more
MySpace is a service that has tremendous benefit and utility to its users, and in terms of an efficient, scalable business, is wildly underrated in the tech industry. Facebook et al seem to get more attention and have more sex appeal, which I think works to MySpace’s advantage. Plus the most […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
