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
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Businesses are a legacy we can pass on to our sons and daughters. We need our own businesses to have more of a say-so in our communities.
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So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster.
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Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.
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Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are all 'User First, Brands Second' services. The brands are all over these services now. But for the most part, these services didn't do much to bring them. The engaged users did.
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The Web is going to capture an increasing share of people's attention, and billions of dollars are going to flow in. What Web 2.0 is about is harnessing those dollars in highly leverageable ways.
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The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success
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Markets come and go. Good business don't.
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Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing.
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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.
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Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.
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If you want to create something great and do it faster than the competition, you need to be action oriented.
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Profiles aren't journalism.