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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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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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There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.
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Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.
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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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The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.
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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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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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Money is information, like bits.
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I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.
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Markets come and go. Good business don't.
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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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Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.
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Don't try to solve the entire problem on day one.
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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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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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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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I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.
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Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.
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