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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Companies Entrepreneurs Financed Getting Going Great Ideas Invest More World

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I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Compliment Crazy Make Money People Think Who You I Think

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Start-ups should be hunch-driven early on and data-driven as they scale.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Early Scale Should

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There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.

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Topics: Between Business Ceo Control Difference Hiring Over Turning

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So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. They are momentum investors purchasing highly illiquid investments. That is a recipe for disaster.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Business Capital Disaster Folks Follow Herd Highly Investments Investors Just Many Momentum Purchasing Recipe Sheep Venture Venture Capital Want

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Amount Capital Capitalists Cash Invest Investors Long Managers Max Money Our Professional Provided Reasonable Return Strong Ten Ten Years Three Time Times Venture Years

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Built Capital Cycles Development Enormous Get Internet Less Market Measured Million Mobile Months Out Product Required Returns Than Things Work Work Out Years

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We need new medical approaches to preventing and/or curing disease. We need new scientific approaches to generating, storing, and being more efficient with energy. Maybe we need more space exploration. Maybe we need more undersea exploration.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Approaches Being Curing Disease Efficient Energy Exploration Generating Maybe Medical More Need New Preventing Scientific Space Space Exploration

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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.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Android Believe Front Largest Macintosh Market Mobile Need Number Out Play Role Similarly Users Very Want Will Windows You I Believe I Believe The

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Facebook is not an unstoppable juggernaut. There are a lot of other things people can do on the web.

~Fred Wilson

Topics: Facebook Lot Other People Things Unstoppable Web

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 20th, 1961

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