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For many years, I have been a reader of this blog. I'm excited, and humbled, by the opportunity to now be a contributor and to announce here that I have joined Union Square Ventures. In early 2007, when I joined [...]  Read more

A reminder we're closing applications for the investment analyst position at 6pm Eastern time Thursday, Oct. 13. After applications close, we'll review each one before beginning to reach out and schedule meetings. We will respond to all who apply.We're asking [...]  Read more

Union Square Ventures has a long history - in internet time at least - of hiring off this blog (posts here, here, and here.) A fundamental assumption of the way we've hired is that we're able to get to know [...]  Read more

Here is the transcript for the Hacking Philanthropy Sessions event. It was a tough assignment for the transcriptionist. It was a large room where 40 high powered people were firing ideas back and forth without microphones. So despite a heroic [...]  Read more

Every so often Union Square Ventures brings together a small group for a day-long conversation about the interplay between technology and society. We call these conversations Union Square Sessions. Yesterday, we hosted a conversation entitled "Hacking Philanthropy." Hacking is used [...]  Read more

We actually don't need to introduce Albert Wenger to many of you who are involved with Union Square Ventures on a regular basis. Albert was the President of del.icio.us and is on the Board of Etsy. He's been at most, [...]  Read more

Union Square Ventures is launching a job board on our blog. The board contains open positions only at our portfolio companies. If you are interested in our investment thesis and our theories about internet trends, then you would likely enjoy [...]  Read more

A few weeks ago we mentioned that we were looking for the right person to replace Charlie, who had left us to take a product management position at Oddcast. Prior to this post, we had informally reached out to a [...]  Read more