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Nov 21, 2017

Back in 2011, my partner Brad suggested that USV invest in a search engine called DuckDuckGo. I laughed at the idea, "why would we ever want to compete with Google?" "Because they do something Google will never do", Brad explained. Read more

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Nov 20, 2017

I sent these three Hashpower podcasts to a friend who was trying to make sense of the whole crypto thing and she found them valuable. So I am sharing all of them with you today: Read more

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Nov 19, 2017

Whether you have a e-commerce business, a SAAS business, a media business, a marketplace business, or some other business model, you are going to start thinking about customer acquisition at some point. And there are a lot of options out ...

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Nov 18, 2017

I saw this video a drone enthusiast made on AirCraft and thought I’d share it with all of you this week: USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — November 17, 2017 Twitter’s Verified Mess Bethany Marz Crystal — November 16, 2017 ...

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Nov 16, 2017

Yesterday, our portfolio company Kickstarter announced that they had relaunched Drip, a subscription platform they acquired almost two years ago. Perry Chen, Kickstarter’s founder and Chairman, wrote this blog post explaining what they are trying to do with ...

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Nov 15, 2017

I just saw this on my twitter: The @NVCA has been working hard to make sure #innovation & #entrepreneurship are drivers of US growth!#TaxReform pic.twitter.com/q1Ez7EfbC7 — Phil Sanderson (@SanFranciscoVC) November 15, 2017 This means that the Senate has now made ...

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Nov 14, 2017

My partner Rebecca posted this to her Twitter yesterday: Excited to band together with a group of women that I’ve learned so much from to help women starting the next generation of breakout businesses. Female founders we’re so ready for ...