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5 Ways to Spice Up a Coffee Meeting
Bethany Crystal – Feb 8, 2019
I’m on the heels of a whirlwind trip to San Francisco for work where, in addition to hosting 4 USV Network events, I had 8 different coffee meetings all over the city. It can sometimes feel like a drag to [...] Read more
How do you show consistency as a leader?
Bethany Crystal – Feb 7, 2019
This week marks the kickoff of our 15th class of “USV Manager Bootcamp.” Built in collaboration with LifeLabs Learning, this four-week training brings together new managers and high-potential employees across our portfolio network to teach them skills that define great [...] Read more
Getting people in the room
Bethany Crystal – Feb 6, 2019
One of the best parts about being a community member is the sense of belonging you feel after meeting up in person. One of the hardest parts about being a community organizer is figuring out how to physically get people [...] Read more
The satisfaction of ritualizaton
Bethany Crystal – Feb 5, 2019
I took my first work flight of the year today, flying out of JFK to SFO just like a I do about a half-dozen times annually. But this time I flew out with a new colleague. It’s our first time [...] Read more
What’s your ice cream flavor?
Bethany Crystal – Feb 4, 2019
I’m beginning to think that one of the true challenges in leadership is reconciling your own self-perception with that of everybody else around you. As in, what is it that you think you bring to the table? And how does [...] Read more
Small town effects in big cities
Bethany Crystal – Feb 2, 2019
A couple of weeks ago, we had a really windy storm in New York City. In the morning, we looked outside on our balcony and noticed that the grill cover we have for our electric grill had vanished. We both [...] Read more
The February 1st check-in
Bethany Crystal – Feb 1, 2019
It’s February 1. How are you doing? Have you held firm to whatever promises you told yourself you’d keep this year? Or have you gotten sucked back in? On January 1, maybe you were (like me) sitting somewhere warm. Or [...] Read more
Coffee Chat: How do I start a platform strategy at my VC firm?
Bethany Crystal – Jan 31, 2019
About this Series: There’s a list of questions that I get asked a lot about my career and my job, so I’ve decided to turn these into a short series of blog posts that I can use for reference in [...] Read more
Bringing “big company” benefits to startup communities
Bethany Crystal – Jan 30, 2019
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the fluidity of talent in the tech sector. If you’ve even worked at a startup or tech company, you might sense that it’s pretty common for a regular amount of employee turnover as [...] Read more