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Entries tagged "Fred Wilson"The Deal's tech coverage moves to DealscapeThe Deal's technology coverage is on the move this weekend. Come Monday, please join us at our recently relaunched Dealscape blog platform.Set your bookmarks to Technology: Deals and Dealmakers, the... Obama FCC pick Genachowski 'one of us,' says USV's Fred WilsonVenture capitalists and other technology investors are applauding Julius Genachowski (pictured) as President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski, who has known Obama since... Video Flashback 2008: Union Square's Fred Wilson on low burn ratesLow burn rates may make tech startups less vulnerable to today's economic downturn than they were to the last one. Internet companies cost less than one-tenth to operate than they did a decade ago, pointed... Video: Media Business gives online video award to Behind the MoneyMedia Business has named The Deal and Tech Confidential's Behind The Money online video show as the best regular small b-to-b online video program of 2008.Launched last September, Behind The... Video: Boxee's Avner Ronen on raising VC, competition, new featuresAfter raising $4 million from Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital earlier this month, media-center software developer Boxee is releasing new content and features on Thursday. The biggest change is that users can play, browse... Union Square, Spark Capital back media center software maker BoxeeFrequent co-investors Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital are teaming up again to invest a reported $4 million in Boxee, a startup that makes the "Firefox of media center software," as Wilson describes it... Video: Path 101 founder Charlie O'Donnell on seeking $2M in tough timesIn another time and another place, as the saying goes, Path 101 Inc. might have venture capitalists lining up to fund it.The New York-based online employment startup has an enthusiastic... 'Nothing to do with the economy," says Fred Wilson on role swap at TwitterEvan Williams is the new CEO of microblogging service Twitter Inc., and Jack Dorsey is the new chairman, switching the roles they held just a few hours ago, a blog... Should VCs be worried about LPs defaulting on capital calls?Are venture capital firms worrying that limited partners will default on their capital calls? Not so much, respond several VCs. The credit crunch is certainly taking a toll on banks and insurance companies, which make... At @vctips, VCs tweet it like it isAttention entrepreneurs: Before you pitch the next venture capitalist on your list, read this blog post. Better yet, follow @vctips, a new Twitter account that anyone can follow but only... Fred Wilson, Jason Calacanis write prescriptions for 'startup depression'"If you are working on a Web technology company, be happy that you aren't working for a bank, a brokerage firm, an automobile company, or in many other industries," urges... Video: Get Satisfaction's Lane Becker on Web 2.0-style customer serviceAt least one startup is using Web 2.0 technology to do something more ambitious than tossing virtual sheep: Get Satisfaction uses social networking to provide customer service to companies."We help companies... Fred Wilson Video: Startups should expect raising VC to get harder, but good ideas will get funded"People are going to be more conservative," says venture capitalist Fred Wilson in a video interview with Tech Confidential about the impact of the crisis in the capital markets on the... Web 2.0 Expo reacts to Wall Street crisisHow is the technology industry reacting to the crisis on Wall Street? To find out we spoke with attendees at the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City, including Union... Fred Wilson on the 'Now Web' and monetizing TwitterUnion Square Ventures co-founder Fred Wilson (pictured) spoke with us about the emerging "Now Web," sometimes called the real-time Web, its potential for venture capitalists and the commercial opportunities this... Twitter's Biz Stone says startup is working to fix "horrible user experience"Twitter Inc. plans to offer more tools for people developing programs that run on top of the microblogging service, as well as more options for people trying to use those... Video Exclusive: Union Square's Brad Burnham on 'Web Meets World'As the Intennet comes of age, Union Square Ventures is likely to back more startups that marry online and offline experiences, says Brad Burnham, co-founder of the New York venture capital firm,... Meetup's Heiferman on how he'll spend USV's money"We're using the round of funding to ramp up the technology to give people better tools for self-organizing groups," says Meetup Inc. CEO Scott Heiferman about the backing the six-year-old New... Etsy Inc. founder Rob Kalin steps down as CEO"The word transition is so loaded that I hate to use it. But it is what it is," blogs Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson in his post about the... Gordon Crovitz, Ken Lerer, Allen Morgan, Dave Morgan back Silicon Alley MediaSilicon Alley Media Inc. turned to "well-known media people who are angel investors" rather than traditional venture capitalists for its $1 million Series A round of funding, chairman Kevin Ryan tells Tech... It's 'show me the money' time, says USV's Fred Wilson"How can the public markets and the economy be so bad and the Web/tech/venture business be so good?" queries Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson on his blog Wednesday. "The... Steven Johnson, Mark Josephson on Outside.in's change of guardSteven Johnson, co-founder and co-creator of "hyperlocal" site Outside.in, is stepping down as CEO, passing the baton, as he puts it, to Mark Josephson (right), the former general manager of About.com and, more recently, the president of ad network... Union Square Ventures partner calls Covestor "fundamentally disruptive"Covestor LLC first came to my attention last fall, when Union Square Ventures co-founder Fred Wilson mentioned on his tumblelog how he'd been using a widget (pictured) developed by the... Union Square Ventures' Brad Burnham on new fund, new partnerUnion Square Ventures recently closed a new $156 million fund in capital commitments, which partner Brad Burnham (pictured) says is "large enough for us to be able to act on our... Union Square Ventures drops off TheFunded.com's leader boardAdeo Ressi, the mild-mannered but passionate founder of TheFunded.com, may have put himself in the cross hairs of venture capitalists again. The serial entrepreneur whose creations include Game Trust Inc.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "Fred Wilson." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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