Blog Posts by Fred Wilson

May 21, 2020

My colleague Matt Cynamon told our partnership last week that the number of jobs on the USV job board had declined from 1,553 to 871 in the past month. So we suggested he share that data and some observations on The Startup Job Market.

May 20, 2020

I’ve been working on getting a fiber internet connection to the home we are quarantining in. With nine of us living and working from home together, we are consuming a lot of bandwidth. And with everyone on our block doing Fiber to Home.

May 19, 2020

I read my friend Nick Bilton’s book American Kingpin over the last few weeks. It is the story of Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts), the founder and owner of The Silk Road. It is a fascinating story American Kingpin.

May 18, 2020

So many of our favorite community anchors have shuttered in the wake of the pandemic. And reopening them won’t be easy. Music venues, movie theaters, art galleries, restaurants, performance spaces, maker spaces, conferences, festivals, and bookshops are the places we Kickstarter Lights On.

May 15, 2020

I just backed this project and got myself a great hoodie to wear this fall when we hope to be back in NYC. USV TEAM POSTS: Bethany Crystal — May 14, 2020 7 Ways to Manage Quarantine Life with a Funding Friday: Keep The Faith NYC.

May 14, 2020

We have been looking for ways in which crypto assets can go mainstream. Our interest and investment in Dapper’s crypto games is an effort in that area. So is our involvement in the Libra project. We also have been R Cryptocurrency Moons.

May 13, 2020

I am confident this pandemic will end. At some point, we will have a vaccine, therapeutics, and/or broad-based immunity. When that will happen is less clear to me. I believe that at some point, we will be able to Location and Work.

May 12, 2020

USV has invested in the education sector for a bit more than ten years. We kicked things off with an event we called Hacking Education back in March 2009. We have focused on “direct to learner” businesses and have mostly Investing in Learning.

May 11, 2020

We’ve been watching the ESPN series The Last Dance along with something like 6mm other fans who are watching it right now. It is a reminder of how dominant Michael Jordan was in the 90s and what a special player Leadership Has a Price.