July 2006 Archives

  • Looking For The Right Person

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    We recently posted the news that our analyst Charlie O'Donnell is leaving us to join one of our portfolio companies. We are now actively looking for someone to fill his position. We noticed while working with del.icio.us that their best...

  • Through the Looking Glass into the Net Neutrality Debate

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    There is this wonderful Alice in Wonderland quality to the current Net Neutrality debate. Listening to the rhetoric, one s to feel that up is, in fact, down and down is up. The innovative high growth applications companies like Amazon,...

  • Do Patents Encourage or Stifle Innovation?

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    At our recent Union Square Sessions event, we discussed three primary topics relating to public policy and innovation; net neutrality, copyrights, and patents. In this post, I'll try to summarize the patent discussion and highlight some of the most interesting...

  • A Bittersweet Moment

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    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...