Priorities and Triage
When my life gets crazy, which it is right now, it helps me to internalize what is most important and triage around that. And I’m not just talking about what tasks to do and what not to do. I’m also [...] Read more
It Feels Like Summer
Speaking of doing things on our phones , I made this playlist on my phone on the train ride into NYC yesterday morning. It was inspired by the Donald Glover/Childish Gambino track of the same name that kicks off the [...] Read more
Writing On My Phone
We write on our phones all day long. Texts, emails, searches, etc. But long form writing is a different thing. I’m not sure how much long form writing happens on phones. I’ve been mostly writing my daily posts on my [...] Read more
Going Over The Top
I have long had an interest in determining when the video offerings available “over the top” will be sufficient so that customers will no longer need to buy video from their cable providers. I was writing about this issue in [...] Read more
Video Of The Week: Roham Gharegozlou At Techcrunch Blockchain Sessions Zug
Roham Gharegozlou is the founder and CEO of the company that made CryptoKitties (which USV is an investor in). In this talk , Roham discusses what CryptoKitties was all about and where they intend to take the business. I would [...] Read more
Trophy Board Members
I am not reading Bad Blood, the book about Theranos, but many of my friends and colleagues are. One of the many "tells" that Theranos was not a good company was the board chock full of trophy board members. A [...] Read more
The Web 3 Stack
Web 3 is the next generation of the web in which decentralized apps (dApps) operate on top of a shared data layer and users have control of their data and the ability to move between dApps with little to no [...] Read more
Streaks
My son told me he wanted to learn Japanese. I told him to check out our portfolio company Duolingo ‘s awesome language learning product of the same name. He told me that he has used Duolingo and likes it, particularly the [...] Read more
Honu – A CryptoKitty Charity Auction
I am excited by the potential of cryptocurrencies and cryptogoods to change, and hopefully improve, the way we raise funds for charity. Cryptogoods are particularly interesting as they are scarce and unique digital goods. AVC community member Arnold Waldstein tipped [...] Read more