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I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

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Fred Wilson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 20
Blogger
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Venture Capitalist
New York City
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My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new.
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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.
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Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web.
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Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.
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The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads.
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There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.
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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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To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.
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Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.
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Money is information, like bits.
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I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me.
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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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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.
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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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Profiles aren't journalism.
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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.
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Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.
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Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something from you other than equity in your business. Customers also help you fit your product to the market. And customers will help debug and improve the quality of the product.
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Don't try to solve the entire problem on day one.
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Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.
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