When people laugh at a company or say, 'This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard,' you are listening. — 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 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 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 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 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'm not saying M.B.A.s can't be great entrepreneurs. They can. But you don't need a degree to figure out it's costing you… — 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
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 most common way customer financing is done is you sell the customer on the product before you've built it or before… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
Politics and government have been a terrible place to invest; education has been a terrible place to invest, but that is because… — 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 we can… — Fred Wilson 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 leader of… — Fred Wilson 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 have to… — Fred Wilson 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 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, and having… — Fred Wilson 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 tool to… — Fred Wilson 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 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 in the… — 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 is in… — 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 at home.… — Fred Wilson 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 technology anymore. — Fred Wilson 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 Web 2.0… — Fred Wilson Copy Share Image
