"If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup."
"When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment."
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Source: Can the Crowd Be More Patient by Fred Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2012.
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