Mike Hudack (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... new and powerful.” - Evan Williams | evhead: Why Retweet works the way it does (via fred-wilson ) (via bijan ) It looks like Tumblr and Twitter are taking a healthy dose of inspiration and guidance from each other. For those that don’t know, they share investors Fred Wilson and Bijan Sabet :)
VatorNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Foundation Capital Charles Moldow views on the financiers of innovation This year has been one in which the venture capitalists and their business model have been called into question.The venture industry is heading into a perfect storm of problems, according to one writer. Union Square Ventures Fred Wilson says there's a venture capital math problem. A number of venture capitalists...
Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... public eye. It's a top tier A-list take a look: Bing Gordon Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Fred Wilson Union Square Ventures Reid Hoffman Chairman, LinkedIn Peter Thiel Managing Partner Clarium Capital Bob Pittman and Andy Russell The Pilot Group Brad Feld Foundry Group Sandy Miller Institutional Venture Partners Rich Levandov Avalon Ventures Maybe we can hear from some of them...
Wisconsin Technology Network (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Venture capital (VC) funds like to invest in disruptive change, but what they really love is the stable, change-resistant nature of their own business. That is about to change. "Bits of destruction" spare no one. (The term bits of destruction was coined by Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures, a top-tier venture capitalist who has not been afraid to criticize his own industry...
BusinessWeek Online - Blogspotting (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... be things from an official BW person, not a majority of things from Lilly's mom. I know folks like Fred Wilson have split up where they write about their personal lives and where they write about their professional ones. And I guess I did that as well in a defacto way. Since I'd made the conscious decision not to think about work while I was on maternity leave, the follow on decision...
CloudAve (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... back a great team that has previously been successful – that’s a no brainer. Fred Wilson outlines why in his piece “ Swinging For the Fences .” He outlines that Union Square has overwhelmingly had success with either first-timers or serial succeeders. I can’t argue with Fred. He has a great track record and I’m a newbie. But I was asked recently...
N=1 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
"The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck." Ralph Waldo Emerson "Free gets you to a place where you can ask to get paid." Fred Wilson "Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is simple fidelity to watch what each day brings." Albert Dunning...
The Equity Kicker (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Inspired by Fred Wilson’s recent post on thematic investing I’ve been thinking a lot about how the world will look in five to ten years with a view to building an investment strategy around that vision. Hence I was interested to read the following quote from Eric Schmidt this morning (on Niemen Lab): In five [...]
ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Venture capital (VC) funds like to invest in disruptive change, but what they really love is the stable, change-resistant nature of their own business. That is about to change. "Bits of destruction" spare no one. (The term bits of destruction was coined by Fred Wilson, of Union Square Ventures, a top-tier venture capitalist who has not been afraid to criticize his own industry...
Nivi (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
We read the startup blogs so you don’t have to. Jason Cohen explains how to hire employee #1 (practical, tested advice). Fred Wilson explains how to make an email intro without making yourself look bad (this is how I do it). Bill Gurley explains why Google will pay mobile device companies [...]
Boston VC Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
(follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bussgang) A few weeks ago, Fred Wilson posted a presentation he delivered on What Makes the NYC Start-Up Scene Special. I was inspired to deliver a similar presentation today to a group of Harvard Business...
Mike Hudack (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... a long way towards ensuring that they get subsequent financing. So why do we do seed investments? Fred Wilson wrote an excellent post recently on slow capital . There are many benefits to taking a staged approach to investing. It gives everyone a chance to learn, get to know each other better, understand business and capital needs more clearly, create a disciplined, milestone-based...
