Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilsonis an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger. Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, and 10gen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth20 August 1961
CountryUnited States of America
fundraising facts raises
The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success
information bits
Money is information, like bits.
good-business comes-and-goes
Markets come and go. Good business don't.
obvious-things ideas people
Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing.
pace use needs
Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.
marketing company products
Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.
equity raises expensive
Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.
technology internet platforms
The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.
competition want needs
If you want to create something great and do it faster than the competition, you need to be action oriented.
entrepreneur tools reputation
It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great tool to communicate with the various stakeholders in their business and build a reputation for thought leadership.
dad years parent
When my dad was in Vietnam, we lost a parent for a year. Thank God we didn't lose a parent for good.
journalism profile
Profiles aren't journalism.
creativity oysters pearls
If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the pearl.
drawing cost share
Blog-based businesses have lower cost structures and are more 'authentic,' and as a result are drawing larger shares of ad budgets.