Writing

Choose

Selling

I like to think of the investing discipline as composed of three key modes of operation. Buying – Figuring out what you should buy and what you should not buy. There are many strategies that work here but my favorite [...]  Read more

What Was, What Is, and What Will Be

A friend shared this book and blog with me called Vanishing New York. Both chronicle the loss of the culture and institutions that made NYC a magical place to live in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Certainly rising rents, rising [...]  Read more

Feature Friday: The AppleTV TV App

In late 2016/early 2017, Apple introduced a new app to the AppleTV called TV. We’ve had it on our various AppleTV devices but have not been big users of it until this summer. With our recent move to ditch traditional [...]  Read more

Sonos

Sonos priced it’s initial public offering last night at $15/share and will start trading today under the ticker SONO. I am very fond of this company and the products it makes. The Gotham Gal and I are surely one of [...]  Read more

Developer In Residence

For the past six months, Jed has been helping USV build some much-needed tools to connect people at our 60+ portfolio companies to each other. It has worked out well, so well that we decided to ask Jed to join [...]  Read more

Where Did You Go To School?

I read this post yesterday that says that 40% of VC investors went to either Stanford or Harvard . Frankly, I am not surprised. I’ve worked in this industry for over thirty years. It is full of Stanford and Harvard [...]  Read more

KinDeveloper Program

Kin , the cryptocurrency launched by Kik (a USV portfolio company), recently launched adeveloper challenge .The challenge: build a breakout cryptocurrency-based consumer experience. Kinis a cryptocurrency focused on driving mainstream consumer transactions. Kin envisions a world where cryptocurrencies are used [...]  Read more