### Jan 15, 2019 At the bottom of the first post on this blog is a widget that contains links to recent blog posts by other USV team members. Many USV folks blog regularly and this widget surfaces those posts to all of you [Read more](https://avc.com/2019/01/the-daily-dose/) --- ### Jan 14, 2019 Last week I wrote about and linked to the PWC/CB Insights round up of venture investing in 2018. Well less than a week later Crunchbase is out with its own data on 2018 . The Crunchbase numbers are much bigger, [Read more](https://avc.com/2019/01/more-data-on-vcs-big-year-in-2018/) --- ### Jan 13, 2019 In the wake of Erin Griffith’s piece in the NY Times suggesting that venture capital is toxic for some entrepreneurs, there has been a fair bit of debate about the causes of that situation. Dan Primack tweeted this yesterday: One [Read more](https://avc.com/2019/01/cause-or-effect/) --- ### Jan 12, 2019 I listened to this 40min interview of Marc and Ben earlier this week. I enjoyed it. Marc and Ben are smart and witty and know how to work off each other. I got a few really good laughs too, which [Read more](http://avc.com/2019/01/audio-of-the-week-marc-andreessen-and-ben-horowitz/) --- ### Jan 10, 2019 For most companies and projects in the crypto sector, a big issue has been how to design their token and how to get it in the hands of users, validators/miners, and investors. As Joel explained in this post, you need [Read more](http://avc.com/2019/01/the-hinman-test/) --- ### Jan 9, 2019 Those are the two words that come to mind when I looked at the Q4 2018 PWC/CB Insights Money Tree Report . 2018 saw the venture capital business moving to larger and larger deals. There were roughly 200 deals around [Read more](https://avc.com/2019/01/fewer-and-larger/) --- ### Jan 8, 2019 Aesop has some great fables but my favorite is The Tortoise and The Hare. I was reminded of it yesterday when I saw this chart in my colleague Nick ‘s deck for a talk he is giving this week in [Read more](https://avc.com/2019/01/the-tortoise-and-the-hare-2/) --- ### Jan 7, 2019 The Gotham Gal and I went through our (actually her) angel investments yesterday and figured out which ones went under in 2018 so we could take the tax write-offs on our 2018 returns. It is an odd exercise. Kind of [Read more](https://avc.com/2019/01/take-your-lumps/)