Fred Wilson
"Fred Wilson is a partner at Union Square Ventures in New York, NY. He began his career in venture capital in 1987. Fred writes the very popular blog avc.com.
Fred has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Fred is married with three kids and lives in New York City.
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Tumblr Inc.’s $1.1 billion purchase by Yahoo! Inc. returned $192 million to its two biggest venture backers, a person familiar with the matter said, disputing an estimate by research firm PrivCo.
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Twitter Inc. directors Fred Wilson and Bijan Sabet, who backed the company as venture capitalists, are stepping down from the board in the latest reshuffling at the social-networking service.
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Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Cristina Alesci sat down with Fred Wilson, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures about the VC climate and Business in NYC's Silicon Alley.
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When Zynga Inc. reached an impasse while negotiating a five-year partnership with Facebook Inc. in August 2010, Chief Executive Officer Mark Pincus demanded a one- on-one meeting with Mark Zuckerberg.
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U.S. prisoners pay as much as $17 for a 15-minute call with their families in a jailhouse phone market dominated by two private equity-backed companies, and that cost now is drawing scrutiny from regulators.
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On Thursday, June 30, Kelly Reeves sent out an invitation to her 1,900 followers on Twitter to join her on Turntable.fm—a new, social media website that lets users share songs with friends and strangers while publicly celebrating each other’s musical tastes. “DJing in the Shameless POP! Room,” Reeves wrote. “Come hang out. Now playing *NSYNC.”
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Peter Thiel’s decision to sell almost all of his stake in Facebook Inc. so soon after the company’s initial public offering has few precedents in Silicon Valley, where venture capitalists typically hold shares longer.
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Twitter Inc., the microblogging service, said Flipboard Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike McCue is departing as a member of its board of directors.
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Feel the hazy, psychedelic rock of Tame Impala wash over you at the Bowery Ballroom on Friday night. The trio from Australia creates a swirling cloud of sound a la the Doors or the Stone Roses.
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