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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...
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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
This week was the annual USV CEO Summit, one of my favorite moments of every year (remarkably, this was my 8th summit, and they seem to get better and better). The theme of this year's summit was "Trust", which, for those paying close attention, is the anchor of USV's investment thesis 3.0.
We have been spending a lot of time thinking about the concept of trust, what we mean by it, and how we think it can become an actionable part of a startup strategy. More on that to come.
As part of the summit yesterday, we asked a handful of CEO's to talk about what trust means in the context of their product and/or company. As you can imagine, there are many different ways to look at it and think about it. Here, I'd like to point out the framework that CircleUp's Ryan Caldbeck presented, which is:
https://twitter.com/ryan_caldbeck/status/1013626221601738754
(click through to read the entire thread with Ryan's commentary)
I found this to be surprisingly simple and profoundly useful. I hope it's useful for you too.
This week was the annual USV CEO Summit, one of my favorite moments of every year (remarkably, this was my 8th summit, and they seem to get better and better). The theme of this year's summit was "Trust", which, for those paying close attention, is the anchor of USV's investment thesis 3.0.
We have been spending a lot of time thinking about the concept of trust, what we mean by it, and how we think it can become an actionable part of a startup strategy. More on that to come.
As part of the summit yesterday, we asked a handful of CEO's to talk about what trust means in the context of their product and/or company. As you can imagine, there are many different ways to look at it and think about it. Here, I'd like to point out the framework that CircleUp's Ryan Caldbeck presented, which is:
https://twitter.com/ryan_caldbeck/status/1013626221601738754
(click through to read the entire thread with Ryan's commentary)
I found this to be surprisingly simple and profoundly useful. I hope it's useful for you too.
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