“Unjargoning” The Investment Process – with Fred Destin

Fred Destin, Funding

When you’re building a new business, “it is hard enough to fight an IBM or a Google or a Microsoft or a YouTube” says Fred Destin. You shouldn’t also have to “fight the jargon of the people who are funding you. So what I’m trying to do is help entrepreneurs get inside the mind of the VC so they understand how funds are managed, what investors look for, and how not to get screwed.”

That’s exactly what he did in this interview. Fred is a venture capitalist with Atlas Venture.

Fred Destin

Fred Destin is a Partner in the technology group of Atlas Venture. Atlas Venture invests primarily in early stage technology and life sciences businesses in the U.S. and Europe. Fred focuses on software and technology-enabled services and digital media infrastructure and applications.

 

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