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
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.
people juggernaut unstoppable
Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web.
clever games adoption
Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.
new-york cities diversity
Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.
people stuff happenings
I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.
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.
journalism profile
Profiles aren't journalism.
games play people
People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it becomes way more exciting.
strategy units user-experience
The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.
artist focus sticks
Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.
country home sacrifice
Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice.
real ideas issues
I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one's own perceptual shift-which is the real thrill.
team communication mean
Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible.
soul together world
I get everything that satisfies my soul from bringing together objects that are in the world, manipulating them, working with spatial arrangements, and having things presented in the way I want to see them.