Comments by Fred Wilson

Thanks james. I'd like to get to know you at some point. Let me know if I can contact you about that

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Awesome. I'll check it out

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Of course it does steve. Were just debating what the new model is. Its like the auto business or the mortgage business. Ppl are still going to need cars and homes, but the way they are developed and sold will change. Same with VC

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We first have to decide how we want to invest in this sector. We are still working on it

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Why don't you get into the business steve and start a fund where there is no mgmt fee, all carry, you've got your own capital at risk, and you do 80/20 deals with entrepreneurs

You could single handedly save the business. I don't quite have the guts for it myself and I also have partners who aren't as "out there' as I am

I think it could work

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Kevin Rose tried that. What more would you like?

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Yes. But it will make a difference. There are some good firms with good portfolios out there that would be well served with a return of the IPO market

As for our bet, I'd prefer something simple. Let's go back over the past 20 years and calculate the avg number of VC backed IPOs per year

My bet is we'll see that number or more in 2010

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I like your attitude but that rat dropping comment was tough to take!

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I am a big fan of secondary private markets. Google AVC secondary markets and you'll find a bunch of posts I've written (hopefully)

I don't think IPOs are appropriate exits for the vast majority of venture backed companies. Maybe the top ten or twenty percent of our investments will make good public companies

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We need digests of the comments. I call it 'comment cliff notes'. Someone's gonna do it and it will suck a lot more people in than the current approach

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True. I've learned to skim/speed read

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Actually it does steve. When a VC fund works, the majority of the comp is success based

What pisses you off is the compensation for the unsuccessful investors!

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Yeah. Tumblr works that way too. I post many of tumblr posts via email

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It would be great for someome (maybe everyone via a wiki) to start cataloging these different data store technologies and what each is good for and bad for

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There's a lot to like about YC. They've created a whole new class of venture capital it seems

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