| 词条 | Fred Wilson (financier) |
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| name = Fred Wilson | image = FredWilsonJI1.jpg | caption = Fred Wilson 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|8|20}} | birth_place = | residence = New York City, New York, U.S. | known_for = Blogging, venture capital | relatives = | alma_mater = MIT, Wharton School }} Fred Wilson (born August 20, 1961) is an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger. Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, and MongoDB. CareerFred Wilson began his career as an associate and then became a General Partner at Euclid Partners. He worked at Euclid Partners from 1987 to 1996.[1] In 1996 Wilson and Jerry Colonna began Flatiron Partners, which was named after the Flatiron District.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} Based in New York City, it grew into an investment fund that focused primarily on follow-on investing, with investments in notable dot-com bubble successes and failures, including Alacra, comScore Networks, Yoyodyne, Geocities, Kozmo.com, New York Times Digital, PlanetOut, Return Path, Scout electromedia, Standard Media International, Starmedia, and VitaminShoppe.com.[2] The firm's 1996 fund capitalized at $150 million with two investors: SOFTBANK Technology Ventures and Chase Capital Partners, the private-equity arm of Chase Manhattan Corp. The firm later raised another fund capitalized at $500 million with Chase Capital Partners as the sole active LP.[3] In 2001 Wilson and Colonna shut down Flatiron.[4] In 2004 Wilson and Brad Burnham founded Union Square Ventures. TheFunded.com, a social networking site for technology entrepreneurs, rated him their favorite venture capitalist in 2007.[5] Wilson has served as a judge for Mayor Michael Bloomberg's NYC BigApps competition in NYC.[6] BloggingWilson publishes a blog called AVC: musings of a VC in NYC.[7] Wilson publishes one post per day, usually on a topic related to venture capital entrepreneurship or the Internet.[8] Personal lifeWilson is married to Joanne Wilson, author of the Gotham Gal blog.[9] They have three children and live in New York City. All of his children attended Wesleyan University. Wilson has a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.[10] He is an active philanthropist and community advocate having worked on initiatives including the redevelopment of Union Square and Madison Square in New York City.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He is also a board member of DonorsChoose.org, an online charity that connects individuals to classrooms in need. Currently, Wilson is involved in the Pier 40 Partnership.[11] References1. ^https://www.crunchbase.com/person/fred-wilson 2. ^{{cite news |first=Debra |last=Lau|title=Flatiron Partners Called Back Home |url=https://www.forbes.com/2001/05/17/0517flatiron.html |work=Forbes |publisher= |date=May 17, 2001|accessdate=2008-03-04 }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/15.990/attach/Flatiron%20Overview%20-%20MIT%202001.ppt |title=Flatiron Partners: Presentation to MIT |accessdate=2008-03-04 |last=Greene |first=Bob |date=Spring 2001 |format= PPT |work= |publisher=}} 4. ^{{cite news |first=John |last=Heilemann |authorlink= |title=Start Spreading the News |url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/07/01/8265499/ |work=Business 2.0 |publisher=CNN Money |date=July 1, 2005 |accessdate=2008-03-04 }} 5. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/technology/22venture.html?ex=1379908800&en=83d7c21ee6f7a480&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink "A New Kind of Venture Capitalist Makes Small Bets on Young Firms"], New York Times September 21, 2008, a short profile of Union Square Ventures and Fred Wilson 6. ^{{cite web|title=MAYOR BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF NYC BIGAPPS 2.0 COMPETITION|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2011a/pr104-11.html|publisher=NYC.gov. 31 March 2011|accessdate=5 June 2013}} 7. ^[https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/19/top-20-vc-bloggers/ "The Top 20 VC Power Bloggers of 2010"], TechCrunch January 19, 2011, 8. ^[https://www.forbes.com/sites/truebridge/2012/12/18/vc-blogs-you-should-follow-and-why-fred-wilson/ "VC Blogs You Should Follow (And Why): Fred Wilson"], Forbes December 18, 2012 9. ^{{dead link|date=February 2016}}Wilson: The Gotham Gal who invests in women Entrepreneurship "{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, PandoDaily April 16, 2013, 10. ^{{cite website |first= |last= |title=About / Fred Wilson |url=http://www.usv.com/about/fred-wilson |work=USV Fred Wilson bio page |accessdate=2017-11-20 }} 11. ^{{cite news |first=Lincoln |last=Anderson |title=Parents group means business on Pier 40’s future |url=http://www.thevillager.com/villager_231/parentsgroup.html |work=The Villager |date=October 3, 2007 |accessdate=2012-04-13 }} External links
8 : 1961 births|Living people|American bloggers|American financiers|American investors|American venture capitalists|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni |
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