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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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Fred Wilson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 20
Blogger
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Venture Capitalist
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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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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.
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Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.
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I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.
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I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one's own perceptual shift-which is the real thrill.
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