Guide Note
New York venture capitalist and blogging proponent Fred Wilson serves as a managing partner with Union Square Ventures, a company he co-founded in 2003. Union Square Ventures backs rising technology companies like Twitter and Tumblr, and previously backed social bookmarking site Del.icio.us.
Fast Facts
- Born: August 20, 1961
- Bachelor's degree: Mechanical Engineering from MIT
- MBA: The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
- Began venture capital career with Euclid Partners in 1987
- Co-founded Flatiron Partners in 1996
- Union Square Ventures founded in late 2003
- Blog: A VC ("Musings of a VC in NYC") at avc.blogs.com
Fred Wilson Quotes
"Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading your blog needs to be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like on YouTube. I tell them what I did over the weekend."1
"I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started my blog ... [Six Apart's Mena Trott] told me I could set up a blog in about two minutes in TypePad. I was curious so I went home and did just that. I haven’t looked back since."1
