A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 20, 2021

Today is my sixtieth birthday and I plan to goof off with friends and family all day and night in celebration. If I don’t respond to an email, text, or tweet, well that’s because I’m celebrating. I’ve been told that turning 60 is a big one and to expect to feel a lot. I will make sure to do that but as many know, it is not my nature to do that.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

AUGUST 18, 2021

If you feel like you’re in a crowded space as a financial advisor, it’s because you are. There are over 300,000 advisors in this country (including seven in my office building alone). The financial services industry is getting more and more competitive every single year. Now more than ever, you need to work hard to differentiate yourself so you don’t sound like every other advisor on the block.

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Tucker Advisors

AUGUST 16, 2021

Client Appreciation Events: A Guide For Every Financial Advisor. By Jordan Collins Tucker Advisors Senior Digital Marketing Specialist. Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow. Table of Contents . Click the links below to jump to a client appreciation event page section specific to your needs. Why throw a client appreciation event? Client Event: What makes a good one?

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Fortune Financial

AUGUST 16, 2021

One topic I have not touched on in a while is portfolio construction, so I wanted to dedicate this post to the reasons why a sector-neutral portfolio makes sense, and to give investors some ideas for creating their own. Here is why I favor sector-neutral positioning: I would argue that if you are deviating from the index by making active bets with your portfolio, and if you are subject to benchmarking, it makes sense to limit the number of things you have to “get right” in order to

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 18, 2021

I wrote about NFTs last week and said this in that post: But when a party emerges online that anyone is invited to attend and the 500 person group picks up a punk with a party hat and they all change their social network avatar to this, well that got my attention. [link]. Fractional/collective ownership is something we have been interested in at USV for a while.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 17, 2021

I recall when my partner Brad and I were raising our first USV fund, back in 2003, and potential investors wondered about my blogging habit. They asked if I was making a mistake telegraphing our investment thesis for everyone to see, including our “competitors.” We strongly defended the practice and explained that the benefits of telling the world what we were looking to invest in, and why, strongly outweighed any costs.

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