# Ask a VC: Fred Wilson Gives Blunt Answers to Your Questions (TCTV) - Host: [techcrunch.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/techcrunch.com/) - Saved: September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10T22:01:23Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6d4480b21a1f/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/6d4480b21a1f.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) I think this show is going to be a winner. That’s not as arrogant of a statement as it sounds, because the content has little to do with me. Your questions elicited great answers from one of the most powerful consumer Web investors on the planet, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures. What’s not to like? It’s a long video, so here are some of the topics we cover: Whether venture capital still a home run business; why Wilson says “I won’t do (a convertible debt deal) I never have and I hope I never will;” his view on whether crowd sourcing funding will disrupt the industry; whether Twitter appreciates its developers enough; advice for entrepreneurs in other countries looking for US funding and how much salary a founder should ask for. Hands-down my favorite moment is around the five minute mark when I ask what his wish for the venture industry is by the end of the year. Next week, we have Satish Dharmaraj of Redpoint Ventures in the hot seat so send in your questions now to askaVC(at)techcrunch(dot)com. CrunchBase InformationFred WilsonInformation provided by CrunchBase ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [YC-Funded The Fridge Takes The Privacy Headaches Out Of Sharing With Friends](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a9e3587018d8/) (techcrunch.com, August 23, 2010) - [Reserve Your Name At About.Me](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7349a29eace2/) (techcrunch.com, September 10, 2010) - [Magento Mobile Broadens E-Commerce To iPhone Shopping Apps](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3cea69e0e895/) (techcrunch.com, September 10, 2010) - [Formative Labs Will Turn Energy Saving Into A Game On The Wings Of Impressive Angels](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/37d6e694c5d7/) (techcrunch.com, October 11, 2010) - [Opera In Numbers (It’s Pretty Huge)](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5cbb5b77de0c/) (techcrunch.com, October 14, 2010) ## Saved the same week - [Facebook Surpasses Google In Time Spent On Site Domestically](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a75a5b63dfe2/) (allfacebook.com, September 10, 2010) - [The Danger of the Dream Job Delusion](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a83524885a9b/) (calnewport.com, September 10, 2010) - [EPUBReader Displays EPUBs in Firefox](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/60c9c42637ac/) (tidbits.com, September 10, 2010) - [1Ds Mark IV in 2011 or 2012 \[CR2\]](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f76a8342525e/) (canonrumors.com, September 10, 2010) - [Reserve Your Name At About.Me](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7349a29eace2/) (techcrunch.com, September 10, 2010) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/10/ask-a-vc-fred-wilson-gives-blunt-answers-to-your-questions-tctv/