February 9, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines As you may be aware, the anticipated and recently rumored Series B funding news broke this week for the good folks at Dwolla in Des Moines. This round totalled $5 million and was not only raised out-of-Iowa but out-of-Silicon Prairie, with money coming in from both coasts. As rumored, the round was led by New York-based Union Square Ventures. Union Square, and its principal Fred Wilson (left) … read more
October 17, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
For today's video, I wanted to share with you the work of Steven Johnson. I became aware of Johnson on Fred Wilson's blog as well as through Dusty and Danny over the last few weeks. Johnson is the author of the recently released book "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation," which has received great reviews and… read more
September 19, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
This week's video features Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and principal of New York-based Union Square Ventures, answering questions during the "Ask a VC" series moderated by Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch. Enjoy this brief clip and be sure to follow Wilson on Twitter, @fredwilson, and his blog, avc.com, for his outstanding take on the venture capital… read more
April 4, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week's video features Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and the talk which he shared a month ago at the Future of Web Apps event in Miami… read more
February 28, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures talks about some of the trends he sees in the startup space. Fred's blog has been an excellent place for information… read more