Stories and Their Importance

Stories have been with us probably as long as language has, and the need for stories appears deeply rooted in all of us. We have come a long way from quite literally sitting around a fire to sophisticated technologies such ...

Investment in Wattpad

Today’s post is over at the USV blog, announcing our investment in Wattpad. Wattpad is an amazing community for sharing and reading stories. Go read the blog post or watch their video. Read more

Thoughts on Google's Leadership

When Larry Page became CEO, I set out my hopes for how Google might evolve its role in the Internet marketplace under his leadership. In particular, I was hoping that Larry would be: While the purchase of Zagat is a ...

Regulation and Economic Activity

The GOP debate brought more talk of a “wet blanket of regulation” weighing on economic activity. Apparently even President Obama thinks that environmental regulation is at issue here and has sadly rolled back some clean air standards. That’s quite ironic ...

Firing of Carol Bartz

Yesterday, Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz. Whether or not you agree with that, one thing is clear: firing someone over the phone is wrong. Much as it may be difficult this is a message that should be delivered in person ...

Investment in Tasty Labs

When we first announced our investment in what was then called Tasty Labs we provided no indication as to what the team was building. That's because they were just getting going on a problem that Joshua had been thinking about ...

Jig: A New Service by TastyLabs

Blog post today is over at the USV blog where I talk about jig, the service launched by the TastyLabs team. It is a way of formalizing the #lazyweb and getting help from friends, followers and strangers. I have a ...

Family Vacation Plans

After an amazingly busy three weeks so far this August, I am thrilled to be going on a family vacation starting next week. Also am really looking forward to speaking at Turing Festival and Lean Startup Machine in Edinburgh (both ...

Teaching My First Skillshare Class

Last week I had the pleasure of teaching my first Skillshare class. The subject was “Bayesian Probability and a Theory of Life” and is one I am very passionate about. I hope that I was able to convey some of ...