American - Businessman | August 20, 1961 -
I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.
Fred Wilson
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Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened.
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If you have a native monetization system where the atomic unit of content is the ad unit, that scales down all the way to a small screen experience. That's why Twitter is performing so well on mobile.
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It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up.
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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.
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I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.
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Start-ups should be hunch-driven early on and data-driven as they scale.
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There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.
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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.
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Internet and mobile product development cycles are measured in months, not years. And the capital required to get a product built and into the market is less than $1 million. And the returns, when things work out, can be enormous.
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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.
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Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web.
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