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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
- 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 on Amazon
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Crooked (Widescreen Edition) - $14.98
A gorgeous call girl is the sole witness to a brutal murder...a killing that will shake the very structures of the police department, the state department, and the world of organized crime. Now, two cops at odds with each other must become ...
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Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations, 1979-2000: Issues in Cultural Theory, No. 4 - $34.95
If social justice is Fred Wilson's ultimate subject, the museum is his medium. By placing meticulously rendered objects in environments that carefully recreate the details of a museum setting, down to their wall colors, lighting, display ca...
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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
- Current Projects:
