Writing

I was emailing with my friend Harry this past week and we started talking about crypto and the inevitability of a massive crash. I am certain the big crash will happen. I don’t know when it will happen and I [...]  Read more

Matthew is the founder and CEO of our portfolio company Clarifai . Here is his talk (11mins) from last week’s Code Commerce conference in which he talks about how to use AI to grow your business. Read more

Vaults are the crypto equivalent of a savings account. Read more

USA Today reported that NYC is working on a proposal to encourage Amazon to locate its second headquarters “HQ2” in NYC . I can’t imagine a better place for HQ2 than NYC. Here are ten reasons why Amazon should stop [...]  Read more

I remember when I was in my early 20s and just starting out in the venture capital business, I came across an old wall street saying that “a market climbs a wall of worry.” I didn’t understand it and that [...]  Read more

The startup and venture capital businesses are based on a general idea that you can and should invest heavily into your business in order to increase value creation, amplify it, and accelerate it. These investments mostly take the form of [...]  Read more

In this podcast, my partner Andy talks a lot about USV’s investment process. It’s a good interview. Read more