BizDeansTalk (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Fenwick & West´s Venture Capital Survey Silicon Valley Third Quarter 2009) CA Venture terms starting to recover (?), November 27, 2009 (cf. Fred Destin: "The (VC) Funding Drought" 13 August 2009) Fenwick & West's venture barometer always provides useful insights...
Babbling VC (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Fred Destin has an interesting post up today where he is asking his readership to let him know why VC's and entrepreneurs have become such enemies. I have to admit I too have been sensing an ever growing gap between VC's and entrepreneurs and oftentimes find it completely unfounded. At the same time, I've seen so much poor behavior from both sides of the coin that it doesn't surprise...
Nivi (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Thanks to Atlas Venture for supporting Venture Hacks this month. This post is an interview of Fred Destin — one of Atlas’ general partners — by David Woodward, a journalist and blogger. If you like it, check out Fred’s blog and tweets @fdestin. And if you want an intro to Atlas, send me an [...]
Inc.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... complexity. Leading a hyper-growth company means managing ongoing complexity. Venture capitalist Fred Destin asked ex-Match.com VP Joe Cohen, founder of Seatwave, Europe's largest ticket exchange, for his notes on how to do it well. Beyond the expected nuggets of wisdom--such as push your employees beyond what they think they're capable of and they'll feel empowered to deliver, or...
Nivi (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
We read the startup blogs so you don’t have to. Jason Cohen explains how to hire employee #1 (practical, tested advice). Fred Wilson explains how to make an email intro without making yourself look bad (this is how I do it). Bill Gurley explains why Google will pay mobile device companies [...]
Nivi (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Thanks to Atlas Venture for supporting Venture Hacks this month. This post is by Fred Destin, one of Atlas’ general partners. If you like it, check out Fred’s blog and tweets @fdestin. And if you want an intro to Atlas, send me an email. I’ll put you in touch if there’s a fit. – Nivi Many [...]
Fred Destin (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
I decided to fully republish a great post by David Woodward that was fuelled by an interview we did together but which captures the views I previously developed here better than I could express them. Hope you enjoy ! A few days ago, I had an interesting chat with Fred Destin, Atlas Venture's ebullient technology partner. Atlas bought a stake in the property website Zoopla at the beginning...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Correction : As the company and Atlas’ Fred Destin have pointed out to us (see his comment below), this is not a new funding round, as we originally reported, but a confirmation of the funding earlier this month , with an update on the price and who is was involved. Original : Exactly two weeks after raising €15 million ($25.5 million) in VC funds, French video site Dailymotion...
TechCrunch UK (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
BREAKING: It looks like DailyMotion has raised another €17 million, according to Atlas VC Fred Destin on his blog today, although we haven’t seen an official release out just yet. Destin says Atlas Venture has participated “above pro-rata in this round and grows ownership”. The site has already bagged €15 million earlier this month, so [...]
Tech Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... took the role on an interim basis and the company is now hoping for stability under Mr Tournay.Fred Destin at Atlas Ventures, one of Dailymotion’s early investors, said the market was still tough for online video sites, but believes Dailymotion is a sustainable business.“We won’t beat YouTube on inventory, but we can do better on things like the customer experience, the editing,”...
Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... since 2006. Dailymotion has not responded to our request for comment so far. Atlas Ventures’ Fred Destin confirms the round on his blog , adding that Atlas grows its stake in the business as a result. “As for most video-sharing sites it’s been a rollercoaster four years of hypergrowth, legal woes, scaling challenges peppered with some great moments of exhilaration,” he writes. “The...
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... since 2006. Dailymotion has not responded to our request for comment so far. Atlas Ventures’ Fred Destin confirms the round on his blog , adding that Atlas grows its stake in the business as a result. “As for most video-sharing sites it’s been a rollercoaster four years of hypergrowth, legal woes, scaling challenges peppered with some great moments of exhilaration,” he writes. “The...
