Writing

When I was a kid, two of my favorite cartoons were from Hanna-Barbera ; The Flintsones and The Jetsons. I particularly loved The Jetsons. From Wikipedia : the Jetsons live in a comical version of the future, with elaborate robotic contraptions, [...]  Read more

About a month ago I put all of AVC traffic behind “https.” This is something you can do with one click of a button if you are behind Cloudflare , as AVC is. I should have done this a long [...]  Read more

One of the best things about having highly appreciated publicly traded stock is that it is the most attractive way to make charitable gifts. The Gotham Gal and I do this all of the time and I encourage others (founders, [...]  Read more

There are few investors I have more respect for than Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. So much of what I believe as an investor has come from watching them conduct themselves over the last thirty-five years (that’s as long as [...]  Read more

There is a new cultural institution being built in NYC right now, the first major new cultural institution built in NYC in quite a while. It is called The Shed and its mission is to be “The first arts center [...]  Read more

I will start this post by stating that I am very much in the “one share one vote” camp. That said, I have supported founder control provisions, like the one that Mark Pincus put in place when he took Zynga [...]  Read more

I'm in Canada today to attend a board meeting. I love Canada. It's a kindler gentler more welcoming version of the US. And it's increasingly an important place to be for the tech sector. About 10% of USV's active portfolio [...]  Read more

I’m in Canada today to attend a board meeting. I love Canada. It’s a kindler gentler more welcoming version of the US. And it’s increasingly an important place to be for the tech sector. About 10% of USV’s active portfolio [...]  Read more