Fred Wilson

“One of the biggest lessons I've learned from Fred is that there is really nothing more important than your relationship with the founders.”

“Pick one consistent, multi-year format rather than chasing channels and cadence. The firms doing this well... treat their thesis as a living public document that keeps evolving.”

“MBA Mondays, launched in January 2010, is 'the direct ancestor of every 'VC explains X' thread since.'”

“Fred actually has a really good product intuition. I think it's very rare for a VC... the combination of two of his biggest passions in decentralized networks and their network effects — this is like right in the mesh.”

“In the same way that I think if you look at a Fred Wilson at USB, they just have their own blog.”

“She put it in a lineage that any investor will recognize, from Fred Wilson's blog at USV...”

“Fred Wilson's writing, and later USV's broader practice of thinking in public, functioned as cognition and distribution combined. It sharpened internal thinking, made the firm legible to founders before a meeting ever happened, and built credibility by showing uncertainty alongside conviction.”

“Fred Wilson was one of the earliest architects of this type. These vehicles were not a pivot away from early-stage conviction, they were an extension that allowed USV to support breakout companies as they scaled, build later-stage positions through long relationships rather than auctions, and participate meaningfully even when the initial entry point wasn't at seed.”