### Apr 29, 2024

In the original designs for the World Wide Web, there was a clear line drawn between the services people interacted with (websites), and the software they used to access those websites (browsers). An important distinction was that while the websites […] [Read more](/content/writing/2024/04/our-investment-in-anon/index.html)

### Apr 4, 2024

For over a decade now, USV has been eagerly anticipating the emergence of “Web3” alongside “crypto”. What we mean by this is that while blockchains and crypto assets are still viewed by the world at large as  financial technologies, they […] [Read more](/content/writing/2024/04/the-primitives-protocol/index.html)

### Jan 23, 2024

Union Square Ventures turns 20 this year. Brad and Fred began to deploy the first USV fund in 2004. The dot com bubble had recently popped, modern smartphones hadn’t been invented, “social media” wasn’t a thing, and the first bitcoin […] [Read more](https://blog.usv.com/investing-at-the-edge-of-large-markets-under-transformative-pressure)

### Dec 14, 2023

Many years ago, when I had just started working at USV, I remember there was kind of a complicated situation that unfolded in a seemingly bad way, and I'll never forget what Brad said in response. He said: [Read more](https://nickgrossman.xyz/you-never-know-when-youve-had-a-bad-day)

### Jun 28, 2023

I think of AI and crypto as two very different, but very much related, elements of society moving from the industrial age to the digital age. At USV, we (along with lots of others over the years) have used the […] [Read more](https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/2023/ai-crypto-best-and-worst-cases/)

### Jun 25, 2023

My favorite song from the past two years was Chris Stapleton’s Starting Over, the second verse of which goes like this: This might not be an easy time There’s rivers to cross and hills to climb Some days we […] [Read more](https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/2023/motivating-via-excitement-vs-fear/)

### May 25, 2023

3.5 billion people in the world do not have access to reliable electricity, and over $1T in renewable energy investments are needed in emerging markets in the next decade. Achieving this coverage can only happen if we can greenlight […] [Read more](/content/writing/2023/05/odyssey/index.html)

### Feb 27, 2023

I find myself today flying across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, en route to Denver for ETH Denver followed by LA for the Upfront Summit. I often end up writing blog posts on planes — partially because of the […] [Read more](https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/2023/being-in-motion/)

### Feb 8, 2023

I am traveling home today from Switzerland, having been there for a week for a few board meetings (and also some amazing skiing in between, notching a life goal I’ve had since I was a teenager). Every time I travel […] [Read more](https://www.nickgrossman.xyz/2023/beautiful-permanence-messy-change/)