Top 64 Quotes by Fred Wilson

About Fred Wilson

These are some quotes by American author Fred Wilson Businessman, who was born on August 20, 1961.

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

Foursquare's adoption of a game dynamic when it launched is a particularly clever implementation of a social hook.

Fred Wilson

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.

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

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

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

Fred Wilson

Politics and government have been a terrible place to invest; education has been a terrible place to invest, but that is because the entrenched interests make it a terrible place to invest. The way you invest in those sectors is you go against the entrenched interests; you try and disrupt the entrenched interests, not to service them.

Fred Wilson

There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.

There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.

Fred Wilson

The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.

The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.

Fred Wilson

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.

Fred Wilson

Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.

Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.

Fred Wilson

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

When my dad was in Vietnam, we lost a parent for a year. Thank God we didn't lose a parent for good.

When my dad was in Vietnam, we lost a parent for a year. Thank God we didn't lose a parent for good.

Fred Wilson

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