A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Read More
Why VCs should be startup CEOs
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Best Vacation Tip for Small Business Workaholics.
Do you actually go on vacation when you go on vacation? Typically, I don’t. This Thanksgiving week my Read More
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Are You Cut Out to Be a Franchisee?
For many Americans, owning a small business is a life-long dream. However, building a business from the ground Read More
Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures, based in NYC. Back when we were doing our Read More
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Assistly’s fundraising lessons before its $50M sale
Hearing VC fundraising experiences from successful companies is always helpful for entrepreneurs still slogging away for investment after Read More
Fred Wilson is a partner at Union Square Ventures in Manhattan. The Wall Street Journal has a story Read More
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This week in Greenstart – Week 3
Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program providing a fast runway to success for entrepreneurs addressing the energy challenge. Greenstart provides Read More
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Nokia as ‘He Who Must Not Be Named’
I was invited to Finland as part of Stanford’s Engineering Technology Venture Program partnership with Aalto University. (Thanks to Kristo Ovaska and team Read More
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The Helsinki Spring
I spent the month of September lecturing, and interacting with (literally) thousands of entrepreneurs in two emerging startup Read More
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Why governments don’t get startups
Not understanding and agreeing what “Entrepreneur” and “Startup” mean can sink an entire country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. ——— I’m Read More
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How scientists and engineers got it right …
Scientists and engineers as founders and startup CEOs are one of the least celebrated contributions of Silicon Valley. Read More
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Eureka!
Silicon Valley was born in an era of applied experimentation driven by scientists and engineers. It wasn’t pure research, Read More
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Today’s Entrepreneur: Vitaly Vlasov
Today’s entrepreneur is Vitaly Vlasov, founder of Playcer, a location-based game platform, where you can discover new places, Read More
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Fundraising: from 25 meetings to single term sheet
Maybe it’s the typical, maybe it’s not the typical, or maybe there is no typical, but here it Read More
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15 minutes of fame in 2011
The latest craze in prices of private companies suggest a small group of investors can and are manipulating Read More