Fred Wilson
Founder
Union Square Ventures
avc.com
"The venture business used to be a club -- a little mystical and not well understood," says Wilson, who started blogging in 2003. Since then, he has led a vanguard of VC bloggers who have brought transparency to that rarefied world. He writes honestly about deal terms, rates of return, and disputes with founders.
"Entrepreneurs don't need degrees like lawyers and doctors do. They are credentialed by virtue of their track record."