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Telegraphing

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I recall when my partner Brad and I were raising our first USV fund, back in 2003, and potential investors wondered about my blogging habit. They asked if I was making a mistake telegraphing our investment thesis for everyone to see, including our “competitors.”

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Because the Domain Makes it Really Real

This is going to be BIG.

I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004. I started a business newspaper in 1998 in college covering the stock market and the economy. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001.

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Advice from Warren Rustand: Put Your Head Down and Walk Into the Storm

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In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). But we’ve all dealt with things that felt new and terrible at the time. Some of us remember the 2000 dot-com crash. Others recall the 2008 financial crisis. Think of the challenges you’ve already faced,” Rustand says.

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Why You Need to Ring the Freaking Cash Register

Both Sides of the Table

I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. I start to notice when bad behavior creeps into the system as a whole. I have seen much of that behavior over the past 2 years get worse.

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Tattoos and YCombinator Demo Day

This is going to be BIG.

It was June of 2003. I sat in a little ink shop on Rivington Street called Porcupine Tattoo. Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. Seven Nation Army was playing. I never really thought much of tattoos.

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Survivors

Both Sides of the Table

I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. You find out those that have the fortitude to work out a new way forward, who can handle recapitalizations or downsizing or shutting down business lines or hiring whole new teams.