Blog-based businesses have lower cost structures and are more 'authentic,' and as a result are drawing larger shares of ad budgets.
Fred WilsonStartups 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.
Fred WilsonIf you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the pearl.
Fred WilsonAll markets have boom and bust cycles, and I think venture capital market has even more exaggerated boom and bust cycles.
Fred WilsonEarly in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.
Fred WilsonI also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.
Fred Wilson