All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles. Fred Wilson More Quotes by Fred Wilson More Quotes From Fred Wilson 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 best-jobsuccessfuljobs Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven. Fred Wilson drivendatadecision The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success Fred Wilson fundraisingraisesfacts I use beauty as a way of helping people to receive difficult or upsetting ideas. The topical issues are merely a vehicle for making one aware of one's own perceptual shift-which is the real thrill. Fred Wilson issuesrealideas I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge. Fred Wilson intersectionsreputationidentity 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. Fred Wilson bloggingaddmorning The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services. Fred Wilson internetplatformstechnology Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it. Fred Wilson buildingteampeople New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable. Fred Wilson technologyrealnew-york Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing. Fred Wilson obvious-thingspeopleideas Markets come and go. Good business don't. Fred Wilson comes-and-goesgood-business If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup. Fred Wilson ifsideas Investing in management means building communication systems, business processes, feedback, and routines that let you scale the business and team as efficiently as possible. Fred Wilson communicationteammean The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in. Fred Wilson entrepreneurworldideas I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy. Fred Wilson crazypeoplethinking 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. Fred Wilson stronglongyears 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 the organization is anxious, his or her fear pervades the organization. Everything comes from the top in a company. So if you are starting a company or building one, face your fears and move past them. It's critically important to your company. Fred Wilson organizationpastmoving Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business. Fred Wilson paceuseneeds I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world. Fred Wilson strongerbelieveworld Money is information, like bits. Fred Wilson bitsinformation
