Nick Grossman | Union Square Ventures | Page 5 of 18

Apr 1, 2021

As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV’s has made its investment in Algorand, [...]  Read more

Mar 20, 2021

One of my favorite things about crypto is that, every so often, your conception of what it is changes. Bitcoin at first was “weird internet money” and then it was “a protocol ” and then it was “digital gold”. Ethereum [...]  Read more

Oct 20, 2020

At its best, building a product with others is a joyful, magical process.  It’s like being on a championship team and getting into the zone.  Or hosting an epic jam session where the band comes together and music flows like [...]  Read more

Oct 2, 2020

As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities. Entities and financial relationships: USV’s has made its investment in Algorand, [...]  Read more

Sep 23, 2020

This summer, we moved into a new house. Moving is a lot of work. As part of moving out of our old house, we got rid of a lot of junk that we had accumulated over the years. We ended [...]  Read more

Jul 31, 2020

I’ve written before about how re-structuring identity is one of the most interesting opportunities on the web today. Today’s identity ecosystem is account-based (accounts with Google, Facebook, Apple, etc), which perpetuates data silos and prevents interoperability & innovation. As web3 [...]  Read more

Jul 27, 2020

It has been a stressful year, in so many ways. This morning, I opened up my Calm app to attempt to resurrect my meditation habit. I have had an intermittent meditation practice for years, and despite the fact that it [...]  Read more

Jul 2, 2020

Several years ago, I started volunteering at Defy Ventures , a program that helps formerly incarcerated individuals start their own businesses. Through Defy, I met an entrepreneur named Coss Marte , who began building a personal fitness business called [...]  Read more

Jul 1, 2020

As part of an ongoing effort to bring transparency and clarity to the Algorand project, we are continuing to publish regular transparency statements on our Algorand holdings and activities (we apologize for the delay on the Q1 reporting and our [...]  Read more