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
information bits
Money is information, like bits.
good-business comes-and-goes
Markets come and go. Good business don't.
moving past organization
You simply can't be tentative in a startup. You have to go for it at every chance you get. And if the leader of the organization is anxious, his or her fear pervades the organization. Everything comes from the top in a company. So if you are starting a company or building one, face your fears and move past them. It's critically important to your company.
ideas ifs
If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.
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.
games playing-games social
Games are the most social of all things on the web.
senior team benefits
Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.
marketing company products
Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.
upset millionaire
It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up.
identity reputation intersections
I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.
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.
business real reading
I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.