When people laugh at a company or say, 'This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard,' you are listening. — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute. — Fred Wilson Customer Copy Share Image
The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
If you are successful, you will be cloned. That's life. In fact, it's a sign that you've made it when clones of… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that:… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software. — Fred Wilson Aol Copy Share Image
A CEO does only three things. Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. Recruits,… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
You simply can't be tentative in a startup. You have to go for it at every chance you get. And if the… — Fred Wilson Anxious Copy Share Image
Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approaches to generating, storing, and being more efficient… — Fred Wilson Approach Copy Share Image
Customers are a great way to finance a business for many reasons. First, customer financing is typically non dilutive. They want something… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
The Web is going to capture an increasing share of people's attention, and billions of dollars are going to flow in. What… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
If you want to create something great and do it faster than the competition, you need to be action oriented. — Fred Wilson Action Copy Share Image
If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook. — Fred Wilson Adoption Copy Share Image
Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
I get everything that satisfies my soul from bringing together objects that are in the world, manipulating them, working with spatial arrangements,… — Fred Wilson Arrangements Copy Share Image
The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let me make an investment… — Fred Wilson Apprenticeship Copy Share Image
Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for… — Fred Wilson Child Copy Share Image
Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can… — Fred Wilson Apps Copy Share Image
All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles. — Fred Wilson Customer Copy Share Image
Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are all 'User First, Brands Second' services. The brands are all over these services now. But for the… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Not only do you have to put yourself in harms way in service of your country, you have to leave your families… — Fred Wilson Country Copy Share Image
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… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Blog-based businesses have lower cost structures and are more 'authentic,' and as a result are drawing larger shares of ad budgets. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing… — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great… — Fred Wilson Blog Copy Share Image
Not acknowledging that beauty is complex-that's the problem. I enjoy making it complex for people, because that's my world. — Fred Wilson Beauty Copy Share Image
It takes great salesmanship to convince a customer to buy something from you that isn't built or isn't finished. — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful. — Fred Wilson Companies Copy Share Image
