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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 ...
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On this episode of the Slow Hunch Pod I'm so excited to welcome my old friend Dani Grant who is the CEO of USV's portfolio company Jam. Dani and I got to know each other dating back to when she was an analyst at USV from 2018 to 202. During that time we had a blast working together on lots of things, including making investments, writing blog posts together and building apps together.
One of the things that always stood out to me about Dani is the infectious energy that she brings to the process of building things, especially building things as a team. And that's what her company Jam is all about: Jam build tools that help product and engineering teams fix bugs and collaborate on improving products in ways that are not just efficient but joyful and fun.
In our conversation we'll talk about Dani's journey leading up to building Jam, all the way back to her childhood in mountain view where she got the bug for building, and including some of her tips for cultivating curiosity, building a personal professional network, and helping teams achieve their highest potential.
As always, you can listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple or wherever else you consume podcasts and can watch the full video on YouTube:
On this episode of the Slow Hunch Pod I'm so excited to welcome my old friend Dani Grant who is the CEO of USV's portfolio company Jam. Dani and I got to know each other dating back to when she was an analyst at USV from 2018 to 202. During that time we had a blast working together on lots of things, including making investments, writing blog posts together and building apps together.
One of the things that always stood out to me about Dani is the infectious energy that she brings to the process of building things, especially building things as a team. And that's what her company Jam is all about: Jam build tools that help product and engineering teams fix bugs and collaborate on improving products in ways that are not just efficient but joyful and fun.
In our conversation we'll talk about Dani's journey leading up to building Jam, all the way back to her childhood in mountain view where she got the bug for building, and including some of her tips for cultivating curiosity, building a personal professional network, and helping teams achieve their highest potential.
As always, you can listen to this episode on Spotify, Apple or wherever else you consume podcasts and can watch the full video on YouTube:
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