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Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr are all 'User First, Brands Second' services. The brands are all over these services now. But for the most part, these services didn't do much to bring them. The engaged users did.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Brands Bring Did Engaged Facebook First Most Much Now Over Part Second Services Them Tumblr Twitter User Users

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I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: About Going Happen Happening Like Make Make It Happen Myself People Stuff Talk Who

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I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Am Any Like Me Want Would I Am

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Backed Companies Going Ideas Investment Laughing Lot Make Means Money People See Smile I See

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Always Away Been Bubble Career Firm First Internet Investing Investment Long Me Mobile New Old Phase Phases Roughly Second Software Start Third Three Throw Used Venture Web Years

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Apprenticeship Bit Business Firm Investment Make Me Smart Thing Until Venture Very Worked

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I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Bigot Censorship Free Free Speech Good Good Thing Just Like Speech Thing Think A Good Thing

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Twitter wasn't planned. It just happened.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Happened Just Planned Twitter

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Ad Atomic Content Down Experience Mobile Native Performing Scales Screen Small System Twitter Unit Way Well Where Why You

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It's upsetting to me that you have to be a millionaire to invest in your friend's start-up.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Friend Invest Me Millionaire Start-Up Upsetting You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 20th, 1961

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