A Bittersweet Moment
It is with mixed emotions that we bid Charlie O'Donnell goodbye.
As Charlie explains on his personal weblog, he is leaving Union Square Ventures at the end of next week to join our portfolio company Oddcast in the newly created position of Director of Consumer Products.
It seems like just yesterday that I wrote this post on my personal weblog explaining how we met Charlie, how we got to know him, and how we decided to hire him. It's a great story about networking, blogging, and business.
Charlie was our first two-year analyst and he has defined the role and set a bar that is pretty high. He has injected a part of his person, attitude, energy, and intellect into our firm and we are richer for it. We will also miss having him around because he's a great person.
That said, we are thrilled to see him go out and join an early stage company, particularly a company we are invested in. It's an excellent outcome for him and we are thrilled that one of our portfolio companies will be able to reap the benefits of his skills, attitude, and energy the way we did.
So it's a bittersweet moment for us at Union Square Ventures. We wish Charlie well and look forward to working with him for a long time to come.
July 7, 2006 08:37 AM, By Fred Wilson
Tags: analyst charlie oddcast odonnell
Comments (3)
Sniff... sniff. awww... :) Thanks guys! Its been a great experience for me.
Posted by Charlie , July 7, 2006 12:51 PM
I've known Charlie for a number of years, since his time in London with BBH. Charlie deserves every success, and I'm sure he'll do well.It would be great to hear from you again, Charlie.....if you remember me!
All the best.
Andrew Card
Posted by Andrew Card , September 29, 2006 10:35 AM
I met Charlie at a NYU Stern Business school competition. He seemed like a good guy. Congrats to Charlie.
Posted by Primo , July 7, 2006 11:19 AM