Content by Andy Weissman

Aug 31, 2012

A few weeks ago my partner Albert Wenger wrote about Facebook being unbundled: "Facebook's Real Mobile Problem: Unbundling" where he opined that "mobile devices are doing to web services what web services did to print media: they unbundle." Then I Read more

Jun 28, 2012

"Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right" What if the value your service or company provides may not be the one you originally or naturally think it ... Read more

Jun 6, 2012

Almost seven years ago, USV decided that our web site should be a blog. One that allowed for a varied and ongoing conversation with the world and one that could evolve over time. Fast forward to 2012: we realized USV ... Read more

May 27, 2012

Venture firms operate a bunch of different ways. Some have a geographical focus, others have a sector focus, still others have a stage focus. Union Square Ventures' focus has evolved into what we call a "thesis" but is probably better ... Read more

May 10, 2012

And so, the ol’ cassettes have no value to me anymore. Do I toss ’em and let them become more landfill? That’s seems kind of wasteful and un-green. Try to find a home for them with someone who still collects ... Read more

Apr 30, 2012

Just read a wonderful essay in the New York Review of Books from Jason Epstein - "How Books Will Survive Publishing." Mr. Epstein looks at the current conflict between Amazon and books publishers and Apple, over the prices of e-books, ... Read more

Apr 19, 2012

Information does not want to be free; instead it wants to be distributed friction free. What that means is that information - content - wants to be in as many places as possible, with many options for access, and with ... Read more

Apr 12, 2012

In the past few days I've seen a few things happen that demonstrate that what were once tech concepts or principles have seeped into non-Internet world, and are being applied in places maybe they were not originally intended, but to ... Read more

Apr 5, 2012

My grandfather Nick lived what looks in hindsight like a cliched life. Born in "Turkey" in the 19th century, as he told us (we only later learned he grew up in Jerusalem, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, ... Read more