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▶ 0:34 Claire Zhao They were like, oh, obviously you'll continue to have your own platform in the same way that I think Fred Wilson at USV continues to have Burnham Blog or Bill Gurley and BG too.
▶ 14:14 Claire Zhao They're like, oh, obviously you'll, you'll continue to have your own platform in the same way that I think if you look at a Fred Wilson at USV continues to have their own blog or the various exit counts of, um, investors in the ecosystem…

▶ 49:58 Mark Bhargava For me, it feels a lot like in 2016 in crypto, there were a few people who thought it was legit, like USV and A-sixteen Z, but most of the market was just trying to be polite because they didn't want to offend USV and A-sixteen Z and… 2 times in the scene

▶ 2:18 Henry Ward Uh, so Union Square Ventures did our, our, um, Series A, Spark Capital did our B, uh, uh, Menlo did our C, uh, Meritech did our D, Tribe did our, uh, uh, E with, uh, Andreessen Horowitz, um, Lightspeed did the next one, and Silver Lake,…

▶ 52:13 Jeff Morris Jr. But again, there are like three, three investors who really, I admire who have built great funds, Roger Ehrenberg from IA Ventures, Fred Wilson from USV and Josh Koppelman from first round. 2 times in the scene

▶ 32:35 Doug Bernauer And then we raised a series A with Union Square Ventures, uh, in 20, 22.

▶ 1:46 Molly O'Shea We have Jared Hecht, venture partner at USV and formerly founder of Fundera, which sold to NerdWallet in 2020, and GroupMe, which sold to Skype and Microsoft in 2011.
▶ 6:12 Jared Hecht It was actually the first time, uh, I hadn't met anyone at USB because Brad Burnham, I was one of the co-founders of USB, was on the board at Tumblr. 4 times in the scene
▶ 17:38 Jared Hecht It was this opportunity here at USV. 7 times in the scene
▶ 21:03 Jared Hecht There are many ways to answer this question, and I can really only answer it through my own personal lens, which is, you know, being a venture partner here at USV, which I actually think is unique and probably quite different than being an… 6 times in the scene
▶ 25:48 Jared Hecht Um, so what that generally means is USB doesn't really love to invest in companies that require permission to do the thing that they want to do. 2 times in the scene
▶ 32:33 Molly O'Shea Like, USV is top tier, and it's a great fund. 18 times in the scene
▶ 48:12 Jared Hecht So, you know, like to the USB point of investing in the edge of large markets, tech was the edge of New York city and now it's the epicenter.
▶ 50:32 Molly O'Shea Well, good luck with hustling everyone in Washington Square Park and, um, on your new pursuit of being a venture partner at USB, a huge accomplishment.

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