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| Union Square Ventures' Brad Burnham Speaks | | TheDeal's Mary Kathleen Flynn buttonholes the less-visible genius behind Union Square Ventures' recent home runs, partner Brad Burnham.
Following on investments in Feedburner, Tacoda, Twitter, Bug Labs, Etsy, Indeed, and about a dozen other thriving companies, USV just invested in Meetup. Brad says the firm's next batch of investments will likely follow this "Web Meets World" theme:
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