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Internet Marketplaces and Labor Efficiency

We are big believers in the power of Internet marketplaces to bring efficiencies and new opportunities to people and businesses. And the market where this has the most potential of all is the labor market. So we are excited to announce […] Read more

Controversial Announcements by Major Companies

This spring Apple, Facebook, and Twitter made controversial announcements. Apple announced the terms of service for the iPhone OS 4 that restricted how applications developers could use analytics data. Facebook launched Facebook Credits, and a completely different privacy policy. And […] Read more

New Member of the USV Team

Like many of you, I began reading the Union Square Ventures blog because of Albert, Brad, and Fred's open discussions of the disruptions caused by new technology. I've since learned a tremendous amount both from reading the posts and comments […] Read more

Hiring Update

We are excited to announce that we will shortly have two new members for the Union Square Ventures team! They will introduce themselves on this blog as soon as they are ready to do so (no additional details for now, […] Read more

Completion of Phone Screens

As of yesterday, we have completed our 75+ phone screens. If you have applied but have not heard from us at all by now, then we somehow missed you and should contact us immediately. We are now in the process of […] Read more

Consumer Information Seeking on the Internet

As a consumer of information on the internet, I often find myself doing a variety of long tail searches on esoteric topics that relate to some niche part of my life. Whether it be trying to remember the way to […] Read more