2001 communities VC 
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 3, 2012
When Chantel at chloe+isabel was getting offers from VCs, one of the things I said to her was to try and get as experienced a VC as possible--because she already had the younger product focused/community networked guy on her board. Of course, you don't always need that experience from a VC.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2015
In part because as a VC I reached the longevity where you see some things fail and have to ask yourself, “would I readily work with that person again? I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. But I’ve been thinking a lot about failure in the past year or so. Why or why not?”
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Our first big institutional round of VC was $16.5 We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 29, 2021
As such Web3 can, if properly developed and with the right kind of regulation, provide a meaningful shift in power back to individuals and communities. It reminds me of the early days of web2 in 2001/2002/2003, when we started USV. The good news is there are literally tens of thousands of teams building new things on a web3 stack now.
TechCrunch
APRIL 11, 2022
Whether we will see as dramatic a correction in the next few years as we did in 2001 to 2003, however, is anyone’s guess.”. “If We look for founders where other VC firms said they aren’t the best founders, but really, they outperform and are high-performing founders and are resourceful when VCs didn’t give them money,” she added.
Unvalidated Learnings
OCTOBER 5, 2016
He wanted to help all the oppressed runners of the world, to bring them into the light, enfold them in a community.” Nike was born out of the tight runners’ community and started by addressing the needs of these early adopters. A VC treating an entrepreneur that way today wouldn’t stay in business for long… 7.
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