Joining Foursquare

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by on April 12, 2010  •  Permalink
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I am excited to announce I am transitioning from Union Square Ventures and joining the team at Foursquare.

It is hard to believe that just two years ago I first wrote on this website about joining USV.

It has been a thrilling and educational experience working at Union Square Ventures. I will forever be indebted to Brad Burnham, Fred Wilson, and Albert Wenger, who provided me with a remarkable opportunity and solid framework for my position, and who involved me in all aspects of the firm. My thanks to Dorsey and Kerri too for helping to keep things running smoothly in the office. My departure is bittersweet as I had a front row seat to 25+ portfolio companies and have gotten to know some of the teams quite well. The past two years have been about real life case studies, problem solving, lots of excel modeling, and VC nuance that can only be experienced to be understood.

I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to Andrew Parker. My first few months at USV were something of a trial by fire as I learned the flow of the firm. Andrew had the patience to work with me through some of the more complicated aspects of the job, and for that I am very grateful.

Through USV’s investment in Foursquare I was lucky enough to work with co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai and saw a dynamic start-up with vast potential. I am looking forward to this new and exciting opportunity.

Posted by Eric Friedman on April 12, 2010

http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2010/04/12/joining-foursquare/

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  • http://twitter.com/austinbryan austinbryan

    Congratulations, Eric! Know USV will miss you, and Foursquare will be lucky to have you.

  • http://www.jonsteinberg.com jonsteinberg

    Huge congrats. You're an integral part of the NY tech community and becoming industry colleagues over the past couple years has been an invaluable resource to me. Even more importantly, it's been great getting to be friends, and I wish you well on this next chapter…luckily you're yet again only 6 blocks away. cheers bud…

  • http://twitter.com/STP Steve Poland

    Congrats!!!

  • http://david-noel.com David Noël

    Nice! Congrats, Eric. Very cool.

  • http://www.joesiewert.com joesiewert

    Congrats. Sounds like working at USV was an amazing opportunity for you and Andrew.

  • http://twitter.com/jimhirshfield jim hirshfield

    Congrats! Very excited for you. When's the party?

  • http://www.danielgruneberg.com Daniel Gruneberg

    Eric. Friedman. This is AWESOME news. Congrats!

  • jpmarcum

    Congrats Eric – that's great news!

  • http://disruptivethoughts.com Fraser

    sad that I won't be interacting frequently with you at USV, but very happy to see that you are joining a great team. can't wait for you to add fuel to foursquare's fire and drive even more growth :)

  • http://www.johnmilner.com John Milner

    Congrats, Eric!

  • http://thedreaminaction.com/ Ryan Graves

    Very very cool. Congrats bud. You're gonna kick ass and it's a great team!

  • http://spencerfry.com/ Spencer Fry

    Congrats. Good things will come of this. :)

  • http://thefuturebuzz.com AdamSinger

    Congrats Eric – huge news. Great decision and I'll echo the other comments: Foursquare is lucky to have you on board.

  • http://disqus.com/ Ro Gupta

    Droppin like flies over there :) .. Big congrats, and glad you're staying in the fold.

  • http://www.corylevy.com cordor91

    Congratulations, Eric!!

  • http://www.tracked.com/user/teddy/ Teddy

    Congratulations Eric! Foursquare is really lucky to get you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christian-Brucculeri/597863786 Christian Brucculeri

    Congratulations, Eric!

  • http://www.twitter.com/hershberg Hershberg

    Congrats, Eric and best of luck at Foursquare.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Betz/4810911 Jonathan Betz

    Congratulations, Eric! They have a great team over there, I'm sure you'll do awesome things with them.

  • http://www.venturevoice.com gregory

    I'm pretty sure you're making this move just to finally get an email address at the foursquare.com domain you acquired.

  • http://twitter.com/davidfraga David Fraga

    Congrats Eric!

  • http://www.cv.im Simon Veingard

    Congratulations Eric. The USV office won't quite be the same without you – make sure to keep in touch and come visit Covestor's London team when you're next in town.

  • http://www.joemedved.com joemedved

    Congrats on the jump from one dream job to another!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=538258568 Jim Kamnikar

    Congrats Eric, and best of luck!

  • http://www.outside.in markjosephson

    Congrats Eric. Don't need a long list when you've got an opportunity like this. We'll miss your help, but wish you best of luck!

  • ppearlman

    Congratulations Eric and best luck!

  • http://www.riazkanani.com Riaz Kanani

    Congrats Eric!

  • http://www.asourceofinspiration.com/ Armando Alves

    Congratulations Eric!

    I believe you'll be a great addition to the team at Foursquare, if the past few years are any indication. It's been a pleasure to watch you grow professionaly, even if the blogging isn't what it used to be :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lee-Jones/1252392982 Lee Jones

    From Union Square to Four Square in Cooper Square. Congratulations! (and what square is next?)

  • http://technbiz.blogspot.com paramendra

    And I am trying to get into USV. :-)

  • Carolenadg

    Congrats on your position at Foursquare!!

  • http://www.malcolmong.com Malcolm

    Eric – belated congrats! Here's to new beginnings.

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  • http://www.blackfridayplanet.com/ William Hushburn

    Wow! Welcome to the club. I joined foursquare last month but I've been to a lot of places already and got a lot badges as well. Enjoy your trip around the world!

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