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
Fred Wilson quotes about
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.
thinking speech censorship
I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.
thinking venture cycles
All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.
caring entrepreneur supportive
Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.
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.
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.
people world problem
Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world.