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- Born: August 20, 1961
- Bachelor's degree: Mechanical Engineering from MIT
- MBA: The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
- Began 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")Official Blog: A VC
- Currently on the boards of Alacra, Comscore, iBiquity, Return Patth, Instant Information and Tacoda SystemsCrunchBase: Fred Wilson profile
- Angel investor in Path101 and WallstripCrunchBase: Fred Wilson profile
- Voted #1 on Silicon Alley Reporter's 2008 "Silicon Alley 100" listSilicon Alley Insider: Silicon Alley 100: #1 Fred Wilson (October 30, 2008)
- Identified his failure rate as "20 percent over 32 investments"TechCrunch: VCs: What's Your Failure Rate? (November 30, 2007)
- Early investor in TwitterContent Matters: Five Questions for Fred Wilson (January 29, 2009)
- Fan of the band The ReplacementsContent Matters: Five Questions for Fred Wilson (January 29, 2009)
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Fred Wilson is the founder and managing partner of New York City's Union Square Ventures. Wilson's company has backed technology companies such as Etsy, Del.icio.us, FeedBurner and Disqus. He previously managed and co-founded Flatiron Partners, an investment fund that worked with companies including Geocities, Kizmo.com and Starmedia. Wilson writes about his thoughts on the technology industry and venture capitalism on his blog, A VC.Official Blog: A VC
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Fred Wilson Questions
How did Fred Wilson get started? 2 AnswersHe's been a venture capitalist since 1987 when he was 26 (born in 1961). He has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Wharton. ... read more
What scientific theories was Fred Hoyle popular? 2 AnswersFred Hoyle argued for the "steady state" theory of the origins of the universe, as contrasted to the "big bang" theory. He supported this theory by proposing e... read more
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How "spontaneous" was Joe Wilson's outburst? 9 AnswersIt's a very valid theory, as I wouldn't put it past members of either American political party to pull a stunt like this. But I remain unconvinced that the phot... read more
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Fred Wilson Professional Profile
- Current Projects:
- Founder & Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures
- Founder & Managing Partner, Flatiron Partners
- Past Projects:
- General Partner, Euclid Partners
- Investment: Del.icio.us sold to Yahoo
- Investment: Geocities.com sold to Yahoo for $3.57B
- Investment: Seth Godin's Yoyodyne.com sold to Yahoo for $30M
- Investment in now defunct Kozmo.com
- Blog: A VC
- CrunchBase: Fred Wilson profile
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A nice endorsement from Fred Wilson for Playdar - a new web music service: http://bit.ly/8LuDRp
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Grrrr, the construction on Fred Wilson is seriously starting to get annoying! 15 minutes in traffic is just insane. No carpol of men today.
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I'm attending Boxee Beta Unveiling in NYC on 12/7... @ Fred Wilson bills it as future of TV...-- http://boxeebeta.eventbrite.com/?ref=estw
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#Venture Blogs: Fred Wilson published Boxee Beta Unveiling - Dec 7th, Williamsburg, NYC @ http://bit.ly/6CGrxs
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[Fred Wilson]: Boxee Beta Unveiling - Dec 7th, Williamsburg, NYC. http://tinyurl.com/yc37kc5
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