A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonWhen it comes to online commerce, we are big fans of community and marketplaces. In the age of “search for the lowest price” retailing, there are few differentiating features that can deliver a sustainable advantage in online commerce. We have not found anything in the online commerce area that has […] Read more
Fred WilsonA number of people have asked me this question in response to my post on Indeed from several weeks ago. Fortunately Paul Forster, CEO of Indeed, has laid out the basics of Indeed’s sponsored jobs offering in this post on Blog Indeed. If you take a look at this Indeed results page, you can see […] Read more
Fred WilsonPaul Graham recently wrote an essay on venture capital and startups called How To Be Silicon Valley and I recommend everyone who works in the technology, startup, and venture businesses give it a read. It’s an excellent analysis of the essence of Silicon Valley and how and why it works (and what […] Read more
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company, TACODA, is the leader in behavioral targeting. They are working with publishers all over the Internet. They identify what users are interested in using a “data tag” on the publisher’s page and then use that data to serve advertising that is more relevant to the user’s […] Read more
Fred WilsonOur portfolio company, Indeed.com, has announced the commercial availability of a cost per click (CPC) advertising system targeting job seekers. What that means is that advertisers now have a way to reach job seekers directly and pay for those ads on a per click basis (like they do at Google and […] Read more
Fred WilsonNew York Magazine’s cover story this week is on the “Influentials”. It was nice to see the name of our 18 month old venture capital firm on the list as we’ve been working hard to influence the direction of technology and startups in our home town of New York City. We are honored, but also […] Read more
