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
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.
believe play numbers
I believe the mobile OS market will play out very similarly to Windows and Macintosh, with Android in the role of Windows. And so if you want to be in front of the largest number of users, you need to be on Android.
data decision driven
Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.
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.
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.
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.
crazy thinking people
I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.
want profile newsworthy
I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.
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.
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.
equity raises expensive
Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.
needs news links
Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links.
mean ideas laughing
When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.