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- Great thoughts. Think about the future of mobile applications. We carry the web with us, and begin to create behaviors and habits that include things like how we use Google Maps on the Iphone. Wrote ...
- Brad, In order to get the mass of information produced by the collective (or connective) inelligence into the real world (mainstream, not "advanced users"), this overload of unstructured information ...
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Zynga Announces New Investment from Kleiner Perkins and IVP started by andrewparker
Our portfolo company Zynga closed a $29mm round of financing last week which was led by Kleiner Perkins and IVP. We participated in the round, as did other investors Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures. Bing Gordon, co-founder of Electronic Arts and a games industry veteran, is now a partner at Kleiner Perkins and he will
10gen started by andrewparker
My love for computers and software started as a teenager growing up in Germany. I fondly remember my Apple II which followed my TI 59. I early on discovered that I could earn money with my programming skills and wound up doing some after school work for Siemens. While I mostly wrote code on a local machine, I got to do some mainframe stuff in Cobol.
Internet for Everyone started by andrewparker
This morning Union Square Ventures endorsed an initiative called Internet for Everyone. This group does not sponsor specific policies or legislation. Rather, it hopes to build broad popular support for a few basic principles, that hopefully will guide policy choices over the next few years.
Internet for
Internet for
Twitter Acquires Summize started by andrewparker
Our portfolio company Twitter announced today that it has acquired a company called Summize.
We have known the Summize team and have followed their progress for the past year. Summize has developed a real
We have known the Summize team and have followed their progress for the past year. Summize has developed a real
Twitter Raises A Second Round Of Funding started by andrewparker
Our portfolio company Twitterannounced today that they have closed a second round of financing, led by Spark Capital and including Jeff Bezos' investment entity Bezos Expeditions. Union Square
Call for Topics started by andrewparker
Charlie O'Donnell and I will be moderating a three hour startup workshop at NYC Web Expo 2.0 in September. There is a lot we could talk about from getting started to hiring to fundraising. But rather than just pick the topics ourselves
The Weird Economics of Information started by andrewparker
Several months ago I ventured into the spooky economics of information with a post that suggested that data had an increasing marginal utility. A number of folks like Albert, who know a whole lot more about economics than I do, argue that it was not exactly an increasing marginal
And Then There Were Five started by andrewparker
Back in February, we posted here that we were looking to hire an analyst. We asked anyone who was interested in the position to leave a comment. We received 164 comments and then worked through all of them to find a small group we could actually meet and interview. It was a long
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnionSquareVentures/~3/303763543/the_spooky_econ.html started by andrewparker
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnionSquareVentures/~3/300616075/pinch_media_inv.html started by andrewparker
Pinch Media - Investing on a New Platform started by andrewparker
New platforms create new opportunities. One would think that established vendors with big balance sheets, big investments in R&D, and established brands would quickly move onto a meaningful new platform, using their market power to prevent new entrants from creating a defensible beachhead there. But, that rarely seems to happen. More often, the
Losing Jason | Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing started by andrewparker
Outside.in Steps It Up started by andrewparker
Most companies grow in steps. They operate at one level for a while, make good progress, then take a step up, and start operating at a new level.
In the past month, our portfolio company has stepped it up on a number of levels. First and foremost, Mark Josephson joined as CEO and founder
In the past month, our portfolio company has stepped it up on a number of levels. First and foremost, Mark Josephson joined as CEO and founder
Wesabe Steps Out started by andrewparker
Over a year ago when we first started thinking about personal financial management tools on the web, I had this OMG moment when I realized that a web based personal financial management service was going to be way more disruptive than just putting Quicken on the web. It was immediately obvious that the data buried inside everyone’s personal spending
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/UnionSquareVentures/~3/294191138/outsidein_steps.html started by andrewparker
AB Meta started by andrewparker
Over the last two years, our portfolio company Adaptive Blue has become known for its ability to automatically recognize things like books, movies, stocks, and wines on the web. By using semantic analysis to figure out the difference between The Da Vinci Code, the book and The Da Vinci Code, the movie, they
<font style='background-color:lime; font-weight: bolder'>Wesabe</font> Steps Out | Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing started by andrewparker
Covestor started by andrewparker
Access to financial markets is fairly open. All it takes is a bit of money to set up a brokerage account and one can start buying stocks. Over the last decade the Internet has further opened up access by letting people trade from home (more recently even without commissions) and putting financial data, SEC filings and more at investors’ fingertips.
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