Predictions are hard, especially when they are about the future. A quote that is variously attributed to Nils Bohr and Yogi Berra but with an, unsurprisingly, more complicated history, feels perfect when thinking about 2021. The range of possible outcomes includes everything from getting the pandemic behind us rapidly, to a new strain emerging through mutation that the current crop of vaccines doesn’t protect us from (sorry to be a bummer on day 1).
So instead of making predictions, I will simply write about some things that I am excited to be working on this new year.
1. At USV we are expanding deeper into investing with a climate thesis. More about that in a separate post soon.
2. My book The World After Capital is on the home stretch. With a few more tweaks, fixes to the references and the appendix, it will be ready for print publication.
3. Susan and I have a number of exciting projects that we plan to move forward, including the Spark of Hudson, Wally Farms and HudsonUP.
4. Continuations will get more love again with new posts. Between working harder than normal and feeling in a fun about the state of the world it was hard to write much in 2020.
I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to write this, knowing how many people are starting this year wondering how they will make rent instead and others who are missing loved ones lost to the pandemic. Therefore Susan and I are ramping up our giving back as well.
In that spirit: wishing everyone a better 2021.
