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
identity reputation intersections
I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.
city create customers fifth gift great holidays incredible innovation thrilled tradition
We have energized Saks Fifth Avenue's tradition of celebrating the holidays with excitement, innovation and great style. We are thrilled to have partnered with Philips to create this incredible break-through program, as a gift to our customers and the city of New York.
might
We can't get out, so we might as well have fun.
approaches curing efficient maybe medical preventing scientific
We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approaches to generating, storing, and being more efficient with energy. Maybe we need more space exploration. Maybe we need more undersea exploration.
invested knows mining
We haven't invested in the Mining Company, but I want to be friends with Scott because he knows a lot of people.
businesses legacy pass sons
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.
community problem
We've got to be very, very careful, ... We don't want to put the problem into the community either.
appetite business companies creating demand market massive provided supply
When there were not very many Internet companies, the supply of Internet companies to the market was small and the appetite for them was large. Therefore, if you were in the business of creating Internet companies in 1996-98, you had a market that provided massive demand for that.
billions capture dollars flow harnessing highly increasing share web
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.
built capital cycles less market measured mobile required work
Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and into the market is less than $1 million. And the returns, when things work out, can be enormous.
brands engaged services users
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.
best companies industry large talent venture work
The best talent in the venture industry doesn't work in large companies and won't work in large companies.
Start-ups should be hunch-driven early on and data-driven as they scale.
aol costs fast money requires yahoo
Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software.