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Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Startup Ecosystems Take Time
Saul Klein, co-founder of Seedcamp and one of the top VCs in europe, has a long and thoughtful post up on the evolution of...
Saul Klein, co-founder of Seedcamp and one of the top VCs in europe, has a long and thoughtful post up on the evolution of...
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The New USV.com Launches In Beta
Taking a cue from the advice we give to companies all the time, we've just launched the new USV.com in beta form last night. It still has a few kinks to get out, but it is mostly there. When Brad and I first thought about our firm's website back in...
Taking a cue from the advice we give to companies all the time, we've just launched the new USV.com in beta form last night. It still has a few kinks to get out, but it is mostly there. When Brad and I first thought about our firm's website back in...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The New USV.com Launches In Beta
Taking a cue from the advice we give to companies all the time, we've just launched the new USV.com in beta form last night....
Taking a cue from the advice we give to companies all the time, we've just launched the new USV.com in beta form last night....
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The AVC Reader Census: A Day Later
Almost 750 people took the AVC Reader Census/Survey in the past 24 hours. That's a decent sample size. So if you want to know...
Almost 750 people took the AVC Reader Census/Survey in the past 24 hours. That's a decent sample size. So if you want to know...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Valuation and Option Pool
One of the more contentious things in the negotiation between an entrepreneur and a VC over a financing, particularly an early...
One of the more contentious things in the negotiation between an entrepreneur and a VC over a financing, particularly an early...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Great Meetup Last Night
About a hundred readers of this blog gathered last night in the cafeteria of Washington Irving High School just off of Union...
About a hundred readers of this blog gathered last night in the cafeteria of Washington Irving High School just off of Union...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The Double Opt-In Introduction
I'm sure everyone out there gets email intros. Someone who knows you sends you and someone you don't know an email suggesting...
I'm sure everyone out there gets email intros. Someone who knows you sends you and someone you don't know an email suggesting...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Thematic vs Thesis Driven Investing
As the venture business has grown and matured, many firms have developed specific areas of focus. Our firm, Union Square...
As the venture business has grown and matured, many firms have developed specific areas of focus. Our firm, Union Square...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The Donors Choose Threepeat Is Complete
We did it, for the third year in a row, this blog has won the tech blog category of the donors choose blogger challenge. Most...
We did it, for the third year in a row, this blog has won the tech blog category of the donors choose blogger challenge. Most...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Slow Capital
Last friday my partner Brad attended a company offsite for our portfolio company Meetup.com. On monday of this week during our...
Last friday my partner Brad attended a company offsite for our portfolio company Meetup.com. On monday of this week during our...
David Deschenes shared an item
Swinging For The Fences
There has been a lot of talk about young entrepreneurs creating all the great companies; Gates, Jobs, Yang/Filo, Bezos, Dell, Brin/Page, Zuckerberg, etc, etc.I agree that visionary young people are worth backing and we do a lot of that at Union Square...
There has been a lot of talk about young entrepreneurs creating all the great companies; Gates, Jobs, Yang/Filo, Bezos, Dell, Brin/Page, Zuckerberg, etc, etc.I agree that visionary young people are worth backing and we do a lot of that at Union Square...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Swinging For The Fences
There has been a lot of talk about young entrepreneurs creating all the great companies; Gates, Jobs, Yang/Filo, Bezos, Dell,...
There has been a lot of talk about young entrepreneurs creating all the great companies; Gates, Jobs, Yang/Filo, Bezos, Dell,...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
A Couple Foursquare Anecdotes
I was having breakfast at Pastis with a friend today. The "mayor" of that restaurant, Mark Ghuneim, walks in and goes to the...
I was having breakfast at Pastis with a friend today. The "mayor" of that restaurant, Mark Ghuneim, walks in and goes to the...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Glue: From Browser Plugin To Web Service
I've thought a lot about whether you can build a business via a browser plugin. I wrote a post a while back on that exact...
I've thought a lot about whether you can build a business via a browser plugin. I wrote a post a while back on that exact...
ebarroca shared an item
Digital Strangelove
David Gillespie sent me a note today about this presentation he posted about a week ago. It's really great and I think everyone should take ten minutes out of their day and spin through it.Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love...
David Gillespie sent me a note today about this presentation he posted about a week ago. It's really great and I think everyone should take ten minutes out of their day and spin through it.Digital Strangelove (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Digital Strangelove
David Gillespie sent me a note today about this presentation he posted about a week ago. It's really great and I think...
David Gillespie sent me a note today about this presentation he posted about a week ago. It's really great and I think...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
State Of The Blogosphere Interview
Technorati released its annual State Of The Blogosphere report this past week. In it was a short interview they did with me...
Technorati released its annual State Of The Blogosphere report this past week. In it was a short interview they did with me...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Donors Choose: The HP Match
Image via CrunchBase I am excited to announce that we've got a match to play around with in the Donors Choose Bloggers...
Image via CrunchBase I am excited to announce that we've got a match to play around with in the Donors Choose Bloggers...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Net Neutrality
The FCC votes today on adopting Net Neutrality rules. This is an important debate and you can be sure that the telcos and their...
The FCC votes today on adopting Net Neutrality rules. This is an important debate and you can be sure that the telcos and their...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Etsy Handmade Moment Winner
A few months back, I posted about Etsy's Handmade Moment contest in the context of using your user base to crowdsource good...
A few months back, I posted about Etsy's Handmade Moment contest in the context of using your user base to crowdsource good...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Etsy Handmade Moment Winner
A few months back, I posted about Etsy's Handmade Moment contest in the context of using your user base to crowdsource good...
A few months back, I posted about Etsy's Handmade Moment contest in the context of using your user base to crowdsource good...
alex schultz shared an item
Just Try It Out
When somebody tells me about a new musical act, I always just go listen to them. No point in reading about something when you can experience it.Same with a new web service. This morning I read about DailyBooth getting funding from Sequoia, Betaworks, and...
When somebody tells me about a new musical act, I always just go listen to them. No point in reading about something when you can experience it.Same with a new web service. This morning I read about DailyBooth getting funding from Sequoia, Betaworks, and...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Just Try It Out
When somebody tells me about a new musical act, I always just go listen to them. No point in reading about something when you...
When somebody tells me about a new musical act, I always just go listen to them. No point in reading about something when you...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Just Try It Out
When somebody tells me about a new musical act, I always just go listen to them. No point in reading about something when you...
When somebody tells me about a new musical act, I always just go listen to them. No point in reading about something when you...
Vishal shared an item
A Big Week For The Mobile Web
When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is what the words have come to mean. I believe that mobile devices are bringing web services into our pockets and purses, onto...
When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is what the words have come to mean. I believe that mobile devices are bringing web services into our pockets and purses, onto...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
A Big Week For The Mobile Web
When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is...
When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
A Big Week For The Mobile Web
When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is...
When I use the word "mobile web", I am not referring to the web running in mobile browsers, although I understand that is...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The 'We Need To Own' Baloney
Over the past few months, I've heard countless VCs utter the words 'we need to own' followed by some number. Often it is...
Over the past few months, I've heard countless VCs utter the words 'we need to own' followed by some number. Often it is...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The 'We Need To Own' Baloney
Over the past few months, I've heard countless VCs utter the words 'we need to own' followed by some number. Often it is...
Over the past few months, I've heard countless VCs utter the words 'we need to own' followed by some number. Often it is...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Hosted Mongo
We have an open source database company in our portfolio. The company is called 10gen and the database is called MongoDB. This...
We have an open source database company in our portfolio. The company is called 10gen and the database is called MongoDB. This...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Hosted Mongo
We have an open source database company in our portfolio. The company is called 10gen and the database is called MongoDB. This...
We have an open source database company in our portfolio. The company is called 10gen and the database is called MongoDB. This...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Open Subtitles
Over the past couple years, many of the best movies I've seen have been made outside of the US. "Foreign films" are nothing...
Over the past couple years, many of the best movies I've seen have been made outside of the US. "Foreign films" are nothing...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Open Subtitles
Over the past couple years, many of the best movies I've seen have been made outside of the US. "Foreign films" are nothing...
Over the past couple years, many of the best movies I've seen have been made outside of the US. "Foreign films" are nothing...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Paying To Pitch
Jason Calacanis has taken on a new cause, outing angel groups that charge entrepreneurs to pitch. I agree with Jason that any...
Jason Calacanis has taken on a new cause, outing angel groups that charge entrepreneurs to pitch. I agree with Jason that any...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
The Golden Triangle
Transito Golden Triangle Originally uploaded by dardilrocks. I heard something this past week that stuck with me all the way to...
Transito Golden Triangle Originally uploaded by dardilrocks. I heard something this past week that stuck with me all the way to...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Business Model Jujutsu
The big moment in the history of TACODA (a company we invested in early this decade that was sold to AOL in 2007) was when they...
The big moment in the history of TACODA (a company we invested in early this decade that was sold to AOL in 2007) was when they...
Fred Wilson posted a blog entry
Donor's Choose Bloggers Challenge: Thank You
Just want to say thank to everyone who gave to Donors Choose yesterday. That was quite a response to my post. About 80 of us...
Just want to say thank to everyone who gave to Donors Choose yesterday. That was quite a response to my post. About 80 of us...
