Posts Tagged "Fred Wilson"

Legendary NYC’s VC Fred Wilson talks to InSITE

Posted by on Mar 7, 2012 in InSITE Events, Startup Advice | 0 comments

In what metformin hcl 1000 mg side effects has become InSITE’s ‘State of the Union’ speaker event, last Monday over 50 fellows had the privilege to hear and talk to Fred Wilson, one of New York’s most-prominent venture capitalists, who regularly blogs on the popular ‘AVC: musings of a VC in NY’ –mostly about investing and technology. Fred, a graduate from MIT and MBA at Wharton, began his career in venture capital in the mid-‘80’s. In 2004, he co-founded Union Square Ventures and has made successful investments in companies such as Del.icio.us, Twitter, Zynga and Foursquare, among many others. He mostly...

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Fred Wilson Again Cites InSITE Talk on A VC

Posted by on Mar 10, 2010 in InSITE Events | 1 comment

Fred Wilson again discussed his Third Annual InSITE talk on A VC on Sunday, 3/7. This time, related to the point about the challenges of living and conducting business very publicly online he discussed with us, he laments the time and energy he has to put into reviewing videos of his talks (often very early in the morning – sorry about that Fred!) uploaded after events. While this means that far more people can watch the talk than could attend in person, it comes at the cost of those speaking have to carefully manage the content given the much wider audience. – Rich Powell,...

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Fred Wilson’s Annual Talk with InSITE

Posted by on Mar 5, 2010 in InSITE Events, Startup Advice | 0 comments

Fred Wilson, Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures, returned to InSITE for his now-annual third talk with InSITE on Wednesday, March 3rd at NYU Law. In a wide ranging discussion, Fred first delivered his annual update on the state of the VC industry, describing the growth of small funds and the new secondary market for shares in growing firms prior to formal exits from M&A or an IPO: Fred next turned to an update specifically on internet businesses, particularly e-commerce and mobile models: Finally, Fred gave us an update on the remarkable growth of Twitter and its...

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Fred Wilson Again Features InSITE on A VC

Posted by on Apr 22, 2009 in InSITE Events | 0 comments

Fred Wilson features another part of his talk to InSITE, “When a Key Man Leaves the Firm” on “A VC”

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Fred Wilson Features His InSITE Talk on A VC

Posted by on Apr 12, 2009 in InSITE Events | 0 comments

Fred Wilson of Union Square Venture Partners features a portion of his presentation to InSITE about how not all a startup’s problems can be solved with money on “A VC”

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