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Startups are rapidly changing systems. If you use an annual review cycle, you aren't getting feedback at the same pace that you need to adapt and change the business.

From Fred Wilson

New York's niche is content, and content is becoming more valuable. Just think about what is more valuable: MTV or the cable system that you use to get MTV? Howard Stern or the radio station you use to listen to him? Ultimately, technology becomes a commodity, and content - real, true branded content - becomes more valuable.

From Fred Wilson

Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook or MySpace.

From Fred Wilson

It's not easy for an entrepreneur to find the time to blog. But for those who do it, it is a great tool to communicate with the various stakeholders in their business and build a reputation for thought leadership.

From Fred Wilson

Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.

From Fred Wilson

Politics and government have been a terrible place to invest; education has been a terrible place to invest, but that is because the entrenched interests make it a terrible place to invest. The way you invest in those sectors is you go against the entrenched interests; you try and disrupt the entrenched interests, not to service them.

From Fred Wilson

I don't like to talk about myself. I like to talk about stuff that's happening, stuff that's going to happen, and the people who are going to make it happen.

From Fred Wilson

The Internet is a computing platform built on top of core technology. Applied technology is what gets built on top of that: It's Web services.

From Fred Wilson

One of the great things about young entrepreneurs is that they don't know that something can't be done. So they try something that's so audacious and usually end up pulling it off.

From Fred Wilson

I'm a free speech bigot. I don't like censorship; I just don't think it's a good thing.

From Fred Wilson

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