May 2006
Replicating Silicon Valley
Paul Graham recently wrote an essay on venture capital and startups called How To Be Silicon Valley and I recommend everyone who works in the technology, startup, and venture businesses give it a read. It’s an excellent analysis of the... [Read More]
May 31, 2006 09:30 AM, By Fred Wilson
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What Else Are You Interested In?
Our portfolio company, TACODA, is the leader in behavioral targeting. They are working with publishers all over the Internet. They identify what users are interested in using a "data tag" on the publisher's page and then use that data to... [Read More]
May 23, 2006 06:21 AM, By Fred Wilson
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Advertising to Job Seekers
Our portfolio company, Indeed.com, has announced the commercial availability of a cost per click (CPC) advertising system targeting job seekers. What that means is that advertisers now have a way to reach job seekers directly and pay for those ads... [Read More]
May 14, 2006 09:48 AM, By Fred Wilson
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Introducing Bug Labs
The two things we respect most in an entrepreneur are experience and passion. In entrepreneurship, as in life, they do not always go together. So we are thrilled to be working with Peter Semmelhack, the founder of Bug Labs, our... [Read More]
May 9, 2006 10:44 AM, By Brad Burnham
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On Influence
New York Magazine’s cover story this week is on the “Influentials”. It was nice to see the name of our 18 month old venture capital firm on the list as we’ve been working hard to influence the direction of technology... [Read More]
May 8, 2006 02:28 PM, By Fred Wilson
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User Tagging Is Fundamental
Earlier this week a fact checker from New York Magazine called me to ask a few questions about Union Square Ventures. Apparently we are in the next issue in a story about influential technology people in NYC. She read me... [Read More]
May 3, 2006 08:36 AM, By Fred Wilson
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A Stray Thought on the Micro-chunking of Media
This is one of those blindingly obvious revelations that make you feel a little dumb in retrospect. It occurred to me over the weekend, as I leafed through the Economist's special section on new media that, it is impossible for... [Read More]
May 2, 2006 02:30 PM, By Brad Burnham
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