If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup. 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-job successful jobs Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven. Fred Wilson driven data decision The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success Fred Wilson fundraising raises facts 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 issues real ideas I'm really interested in the intersection between reputation, identity, and knowledge. Fred Wilson intersections reputation identity 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 blogging add morning 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 internet platforms technology 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 building team people 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 technology real new-york Ideas that most people derided as ridiculous have produced the best outcomes. Don't do the obvious thing. Fred Wilson obvious-things people ideas Markets come and go. Good business don't. Fred Wilson comes-and-goes good-business 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 communication team mean 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 entrepreneur world ideas I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy. Fred Wilson crazy people thinking 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 strong long years 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 organization past moving 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 pace use needs I believe Android will be stronger in the developing world than it is in the developed world. Fred Wilson stronger believe world Money is information, like bits. Fred Wilson bits information Blog-based businesses have lower cost structures and are more 'authentic,' and as a result are drawing larger shares of ad budgets. Fred Wilson drawing cost share
