On Thursday February 14th we’ll be hosting a “fireside” chat with the entire Union Square Ventures partnership at The Leonardo (in downtown SLC) from 4pm to 6pm.

In 2005, I made my first trip to NYC as a newly minted co-founder of OATV. The second meeting I had on that trip was a lunch with Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham. 

At the time they were underdogs in an underserved market. Fred had just come off winding down his prior firm and Brad was spinning out of his role at AT&T Ventures. NYC was still reeling from a dot com hang over and Silicon Alley shellacking. 

Over lunch Brad and Fred were gracious in sharing their experience and connections with us from their recent forays into fundraising. We found a connection around investment themes and have had various opportunities to work together since.

At the time of our lunch Twitter, Tumblr, Zynga, Etsy, Indeed, Foursquare and so many of their current success were only glimmers in their collective eyes. Since that lunch, they’ve not only put up some of the most impressive financial returns of any fund in our industry, they’ve simultaneously built a firm that has transformed the venture business and played a key role in propelling NYC to the forefront of global startup communities. 

In this Session @ The Leonardo we have the truly unique opportunity to have each partner of the USV team on stage to share their experience as investors and their thinking on emergent startup communities and investment trends. Brad, Fred, Albert, John, and Andy are really special people that I’m fortunate to call friends. After this event I’m sure you’ll see why.

Space is limited for this event so please RSVP today.

As always, you can propose questions to be asked during the Session here.

Details on the next Session @ The Leonardo are now live.

This is going to be a fun one.