
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
As part of my goals for 2011, I'm trying to blog more regularly -- once a week, right here, to be precise. As I mentioned, I don't quite have the rhythm down yet. This is evidenced by the fact that I'm sitting in bed at 11:30pm on Sunday night writing this half-assed post, just so that I can get it in before the week ends... So, in order to stick to my guns and my schedule, here's a bit of a cop out, in the form of a brief list of things I've been thinking about and want to get down on paper at some point soon:
The Enterprise End-Run -- servicing enterprise users without working with enterprise clients.
Where OpenPlans is headed -- what's on tap for 2011.
Listening to the Internet -- if you feel like no one is talking to you, chances are you're wrong; you're just not listening correctly.
There's a man in my inbox! -- it's all about the inbox, and I want a little man in there helping me out every day.
My dad's start up story -- thirty-two years ago, my father started a company from nothing, and is still in business today.
The adjacent possible -- why this is such a neat way of thinking about new ideas.
There are a handful of other ideas swimming in my head soup as well, and I will try and keep those flowing to the Exobrain in near real-time. And, with that, I will hit publish and see you next week.
As part of my goals for 2011, I'm trying to blog more regularly -- once a week, right here, to be precise. As I mentioned, I don't quite have the rhythm down yet. This is evidenced by the fact that I'm sitting in bed at 11:30pm on Sunday night writing this half-assed post, just so that I can get it in before the week ends... So, in order to stick to my guns and my schedule, here's a bit of a cop out, in the form of a brief list of things I've been thinking about and want to get down on paper at some point soon:
The Enterprise End-Run -- servicing enterprise users without working with enterprise clients.
Where OpenPlans is headed -- what's on tap for 2011.
Listening to the Internet -- if you feel like no one is talking to you, chances are you're wrong; you're just not listening correctly.
There's a man in my inbox! -- it's all about the inbox, and I want a little man in there helping me out every day.
My dad's start up story -- thirty-two years ago, my father started a company from nothing, and is still in business today.
The adjacent possible -- why this is such a neat way of thinking about new ideas.
There are a handful of other ideas swimming in my head soup as well, and I will try and keep those flowing to the Exobrain in near real-time. And, with that, I will hit publish and see you next week.
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