Fred Wilson : (5) " Games are the most social of all things on the web. " - Fred Wilson " My venture investing career has three phases, all roughly 6-8 years long. The first, at Euclid, was software to Internet. The second, at Flatiron, was Internet to bubble. And the third, at USV, has been web 2 to mobile. I have always used a new firm to denote a new investment phase for me. Throw away the old. Start with the new. " - Fred Wilson " The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in. " - Fred Wilson " The most common way customer financing is done is you sell the customer on the product before you’ve built it or before you’ve finished it. The customer puts up the money to build the product or finish the product and becomes your first customer. Usually the customer simply wants the product and nothing more. " - Fred Wilson " If you are successful, you will be cloned. That’s life. In fact, it’s a sign that you’ve made it when clones of your website, mobile app, and business start cropping up. " - Fred Wilson