A historical collection of our writing.
Hannah MurdochCo-authored by Rebecca Kaden Excess inventory is one of the worst-kept secrets in ecommerce. Brands overproduce more than $500B of goods annually. In categories like cosmetics, less than 50% of inventory is sold within a 12-month window. For the items that do sell, only 20 – 30% do so at full […] Read more
A core piece of USV’s thesis has long been around an enablement layer – the idea that horizontal tooling is essential to support growing ecosystems that sit on top. That belief has led to investments like Twilio, Shippo, Sift, Clarifai, and MongoDB. These products have the great benefit of dual […] Read more
Co-authored by Hannah Murdoch The language of commerce has always been visual. Tiffany’s published their Blue Book in 1845, the first direct-mail catalogue in the United States. The publication distributed pages of the world’s finest jewels to customers who couldn’t reach their New York showroom. […] Read more
We are excited that Founders Fund has led a Series C financing for goTenna. It is a recognition of the tremendous progress the company has made in serving the communication needs of first responders and other professionals. The goTenna Prooffering works with mobile phones to provide 100% off-grid […] Read more
About a year ago Code Climate announced its Velocity offering which provides engineering insights. Today they are taking the wraps off Version 2.0 for everyone. Existing customers have already had access to many of the new features. I am writing about this today because the whole history of the […] Read more
Today our portfolio company Code Climate is launching its new “Velocity” product into public beta. The product provides teams with data driven insights into the speed of their development process. It answers important questions, such as where in the process do engineers have to wait (e.g. long […] Read more
