Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase. — Fred Wilson About Copy Share Image
Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven. — Fred Wilson Data Copy Share Image
Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people… — Fred Wilson Building Copy Share Image
Start-ups should be hunch-driven early on and data-driven as they scale. — Fred Wilson Customer 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
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
Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps. — Fred Wilson Business Copy Share Image
I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy. — Fred Wilson Newsworthy Copy Share Image
I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle… — Fred Wilson Adventure Copy Share Image
Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook… — Fred Wilson Adults Copy Share Image
The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in… — Fred Wilson Cities 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 Bad thing Copy Share Image
I believe the mobile OS market will play out very similarly to Windows and Macintosh, with Android in the role of Windows.… — Fred Wilson Android 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 Web is going to capture an increasing share of people's attention, and billions of dollars are going to flow in. What… — Fred Wilson About 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
When there were not very many Internet companies, the supply of Internet companies to the market was small and the appetite for… — Fred Wilson Appetite Copy Share Image
New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable… — Fred Wilson Becoming Copy Share Image
I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you… — Fred Wilson Being real 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
Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing. — Fred Wilson Ideas Copy Share Image
I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge. — Fred Wilson Identity Copy Share Image
I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world. — Fred Wilson Android 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
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 Ads 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
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
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
Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and… — Fred Wilson Built 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 Discussion 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
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
