Nick Grossman | Union Square Ventures | Page 16 of 18

May 31, 2017

In case you missed it, today Brave raised $36M for the Basic Attention Token. They had allocated 30 days for the token sale, but sold out of 1B BAT in 24 seconds. The Basic Attention Token (BAT) ICO just raised [...] Read more

May 30, 2017

As cryptocurrencies and blockchains have continued to gain steam (and attract capital), a common question in the air is, what type of leader does it take to be successful in this space? Read more

May 29, 2017

As more areas of our economy become computerized and move online, more and more of what regulators need to understand will be in the source code. For example, take the VW emissions scandal: These days, cars are an order [...] Read more

May 26, 2017

Last week, I was in Amsterdam at the Next Web conference, giving a talk about "Purpose, Mission and Strategy" — how companies can strengthen the connection between these to align efforts and make tough calls more easily (will post video when [...] Read more

May 25, 2017

By creating an economic incentive — the cryptocurrency or token — to create a shared open data asset, we now have powerful driver for open data, interoperable through open standards. Read more

Aug 4, 2016

To better support small businesses operating in regulated sectors, we should develop "alternative compliance" mechanisms — parallel regulatory regimes that achieve the goals of existing regulations but take an alternative, data-oriented approach to achieving them. Such an approach would be [...] Read more

Jun 21, 2016

We are entering the information age, and as such our fundamental models for accomplishing our goals are changing. In the case of regulation, that means a shift from the industrial, permission-based model to the internet-native, accountability-based model Read more

May 28, 2016

As part of our (currently open) analyst hiring process, we ask applicants to record a few videos of themselves answering questions about their views on USV, venture capital, and the web & mobile app ecosystem. So, in the spirit of [...] Read more

May 6, 2016

We are kicking off another search for an analyst at Union Square Ventures (USV). As in the past, we will recruit for this position using an open process. While this results in a lot of work sorting through applications, we [...] Read more