Quotes by Fred Wilson

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I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.

Fred Wilson

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.

Fred Wilson

I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge.

Fred Wilson

People already love to play casual games. But when you take a casual game and stick it inside a social network, it becomes way more exciting.

Fred Wilson

It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up.

Fred Wilson

To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.

Fred Wilson

I believe the mobile OS market will play out very similarly to Windows and Macintosh, with Android in the role of Windows. And so, if you want to be in front of the largest number of users, you need to be on Android.

Fred Wilson

Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web.

Fred Wilson

Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for long.

Fred Wilson

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

Given New York City's cultural diversity, it has always attracted creative people.

Fred Wilson

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

Fred Wilson

Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.

Fred Wilson

Board meetings should not be for the benefit of the board. They should be for the benefit of the CEO and the senior team.

Fred Wilson

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.

Fred Wilson

All markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.

Fred Wilson

My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm ...

Fred Wilson

Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase.

Fred Wilson

I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world.

Fred Wilson

Being an entrepreneur is hard. Having supportive and caring investors helps.

Fred Wilson

Games are the most social of all things on the web.

Fred Wilson