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Jared Hecht

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Jared Hecht

@jaredhecht

i build products i like using + venture partner @usv | previously founder @groupme and @fundera

NYC

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Joined March 2009

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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Nov 27, 2024
In 2023 I took a 12-month hiatus to recharge after building startups nonstop since graduating college. During that period of time, I had a rule that I would only commit to something if its gravitational force was completely inescapable. The opportunity to join USV was that thing
Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Nov 27, 2024
Happy Thanksgiving, and please don't die of heart disease! myticker.com
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Jan 7, 2022
It’s easier to raise money at a $200M valuation than it is to sell a company for $100M.
Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Oct 31, 2024
20 years later and @fredwilson and @BradUSV are still going hard. first ones here every am @usv.
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Jul 15, 2025
Sequoia Wants It Hard (or What Not to do When Fundraising)
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Nov 7, 2025
this is a super interview maybe i am just old now, but moreso than ever i feel a sense of duty to contribute to solving some of these problems. there are a lot of exciting opportunities on the table and it feels more prudent to pursue those than practice political warfare
The Free Press
@TheFP
Nov 7, 2025
Peter Thiel: If you graduated in 1970 with no student debt, compare that to the millennial experience: too many people go to college, they don’t learn anything, and they end up with incredibly burdensome debt. Student debt is a version of this generational conflict that I’ve
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Jan 4, 2024
Absolutely thrilled to share that I've joined @usv as a Venture Partner where I will lead new investments, help to support founders in our portfolio, and work with the USV team as we evolve our thesis. I'm ready to run!
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Joining Union Square Ventures | Union Square Ventures
I am delighted to share that I have joined USV as a Venture Partner in NYC where I will lead new investments, help to support founders in our portfolio,
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Jan 22, 2022
1/ Some unsolicited thoughts on crypto: I love crypto. I also think that 90-99% of people building and investing in the space are full of shit and high on their own farts.
Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Feb 5, 2025
building consumer products today feels a lot more like creating art than software
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Jul 9, 2023
On three separate occasions at GroupMe and Fundera, I let excellent VCs that were interested in our company conduct diligence when we weren’t actively fundraising. In every single instance we spent months getting excited that a top tier VC was going to make our lives easy by
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Nov 14, 2021
What a great read on Tiger Global by @mariogabriele @thegeneralistco readthegeneralist.com/briefing/tiger…
Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Oct 31, 2023
Founders should adopt longer vesting cycles (eg 6 years). I have seen too many founders who have slogged through nearly a decade of company building resent the fact that a big piece of their cap table sits with co-founders who departed the company before things really started
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Apr 7, 2020
The Payroll Protection Program is absolute chaos. But today it is our best shot at getting SMBs the capital they need to survive. SMB, and by extension the country, NEEDS it to work. Here are some bits of news and things I learned today about PPP... (1/n)
Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
Jun 8, 2025
i do not get this thing where people are all of a sudden talking about “taste” being important as if they just discovered the fountain of youth no shit like what did you think was the case before?
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Jared Hecht
@jaredhecht
May 3, 2022
Every morning I read @HC_Richardson’s newsletter. She is a master of explaining politics and history in a way that is simple to understand. Like this excerpt from today.