Sat.Sep 04, 2021 - Fri.Sep 10, 2021

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Generalist vs Specialist

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

At USV, we have a fairly narrow thesis that sets out what we want to invest in, but all of us work across all of our thesis areas. We see ourselves as generalists not specialists. In an environment when everything is moving so fast, that can be challenging, as I wrote about on Tuesday. But there are also great benefits to working this way. As a team, we benefit from working together on everything versus having silos within our partnership and firm.

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Indexed Annuities: The New Retirement Pensions?

Tucker Advisors

Indexed Annuities: The New Retirement Pensions? By Sam Deleo Tucker Advisors Senior Content Specialist/Editor. Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow. Defined-benefit plans. Those of us who are older might remember them better as “pensions,” but in 2021 they seem about as common as a rotary phone. (Sorry, but we don’t have time to explain what that is.).

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Staying Plugged In

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I wrote in my 60th birthday post that my late career mantra is less hustle more conviction. It has been working for me and has kept me in the game. But there are times, usually after an opening emerges , when a market moves so fast it is hard to stay on top of it all. I don’t worry about missing out. That’s part of the venture capital business.