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Fred Wilson Quotes

American - Businessman | August 20, 1961 -

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.

Great End Great Things Know Young

The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.

Best Job Privacy Will Successful

So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster.

Business Momentum Sheep Want Follow

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

World Believe Stronger Will Android

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

You See Little Things Differently

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

Value Company Venture Capital Venture

When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.

Smile Money People Ideas Investment

Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.

People Team Building Small Right

We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approaches to generating, storing, and being more efficient with energy. Maybe we need more space exploration. Maybe we need more undersea exploration.

Medical Space Energy Exploration New

It takes great salesmanship to convince a customer to buy something from you that isn't built or isn't finished.

Great Customer You Buy Convince

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 to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new.

Me Start Internet Long Career Three

The venture business is a bit of an apprenticeship business, so the firm I worked for didn't let me make an investment until I was 30. That was probably a very smart thing.

Business Smart Me Investment Venture

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