
The Butter Thesis
At USV, we talk a lot about our investment thesis. The USV thesis is a set of ideas that has guided our investing over the years. It is a tool we u...
From Crypto-Native to Crypto-Enabled
I’m not one to make big annual predictions, but one thing that seems likely to me is that 2024 will mark the emergence of mainstream apps powered by ...
You Never Know When You've Had a Good Day
Many years ago, when I had just started working at USV, I remember there was kind of a complicated situation that unfolded in a seemingly bad way, and I'll never forget what Brad said in response. He said:you never know when you've had a good dayI didn't really understand what that meant, so he told me a story that went something like: back around the year 2000 at the height of the dot-com boom, there was a guy who was a senior exec at a successful startup. That person had a falling out with ...

The Butter Thesis
At USV, we talk a lot about our investment thesis. The USV thesis is a set of ideas that has guided our investing over the years. It is a tool we u...
From Crypto-Native to Crypto-Enabled
I’m not one to make big annual predictions, but one thing that seems likely to me is that 2024 will mark the emergence of mainstream apps powered by ...
You Never Know When You've Had a Good Day
Many years ago, when I had just started working at USV, I remember there was kind of a complicated situation that unfolded in a seemingly bad way, and I'll never forget what Brad said in response. He said:you never know when you've had a good dayI didn't really understand what that meant, so he told me a story that went something like: back around the year 2000 at the height of the dot-com boom, there was a guy who was a senior exec at a successful startup. That person had a falling out with ...
Share Dialog
Share Dialog
Yesterday, a fabulous new tool launched -- HelloVote: HelloVote makes it easy easy easy to register to vote. Sign up w your phone number and do the whole thing over text. This is great for a lots of reasons -- from its immediate practicality, to its more general lesson that it's possible to build new, accessible interfaces on top of our existing systems (civic or otherwise). If you want to embed HelloVote in your site, you can do that here. If you run a large platform and want to partner with HelloVote to reach your audience, contact team@hello.vote. Side note: HelloVote is built on top of Twilio, through the Twilio.org partnership program, where nonprofits receive a $500 credit and 25% off of ongoing services. Nice work, people.
Yesterday, a fabulous new tool launched -- HelloVote: HelloVote makes it easy easy easy to register to vote. Sign up w your phone number and do the whole thing over text. This is great for a lots of reasons -- from its immediate practicality, to its more general lesson that it's possible to build new, accessible interfaces on top of our existing systems (civic or otherwise). If you want to embed HelloVote in your site, you can do that here. If you run a large platform and want to partner with HelloVote to reach your audience, contact team@hello.vote. Side note: HelloVote is built on top of Twilio, through the Twilio.org partnership program, where nonprofits receive a $500 credit and 25% off of ongoing services. Nice work, people.
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