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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
strategy units user-experience
The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.
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.
ideas entrepreneur world
The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in.
jobs successful best-job
The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.
kids long skype
Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for long.
kids google adults
Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook or MySpace.
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.