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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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If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.
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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.
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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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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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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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Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.
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Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families at home. It is a great sacrifice.
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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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Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.
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Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.
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All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.
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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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Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.
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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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Venture capitalists are professional money managers. We are provided capital to invest as long as we can return it to our investors with a strong return in a reasonable amount of time. A strong return is three times cash on cash. A reasonable amount of time is ten years max.
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I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.
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To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.
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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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There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.
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