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Jan 6, 2019

Joel Monegro, who is one of the Partners at Placeholder and a former USV analyst, has written an important post that outlines the relationships between the three primary stakeholders in a cryptonetwork; users, miners/validators, and investors. Joel calls it stakeholders in a cryptonetwork.

Jan 5, 2019

Flip is a USV portfolio company. They provide a suite of services to renters that allow them to easily flip out of leases and move when they need to with the cooperation of landlords. Before Flip was a USV portfolio company.

Jan 3, 2019

As many of you know, I have been spending a fair bit of my time on K12 Computer Science Education over the last decade. The good news is that over that time period, there has been massive progress in getting students involved.

Jan 2, 2019

As is always the case, I got a lot of feedback on yesterday’s predictions post. Most of it was constructive. Some of it was fawning (yuck), and some of it was snickering. That’s how it goes when you take a stance.

Jan 1, 2019

Hi Everyone. Happy 2019. Today, as is my custom on the first day of the new year, I am going to take a stab at what the year ahead will bring. I find it useful to think about what is going to happen in 2019.

Dec 31, 2018

Continuing the year end theme, it is time for my annual recap of what happened this year, to be followed by a look forward tomorrow on the first day of the new year. Last year I was not particularly confident about 2018.

Dec 30, 2018

As is my tradition as the end of the year nears, here are the songs that stayed with me in 2018. It is a mix of songs everyone knows, like the marvelous All The Stars from the Black Panther soundtrack songs that stayed with me.

Dec 29, 2018

My partner Brad Burnham recently went on Jason Calacanis ‘ This Week In Startups. It is a longish (just over an hour) conversation and they cover a lot of territory. Video of the week: Brad Burnham.

Dec 28, 2018

At the tail end of the post that I wrote on how USV (me in particular) missed the first round for Airbnb, I wrote: We made the classic mistake that all investors make. We focused too much on what we missed.