David Fershteyn of Altera Investments: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Founder

An Interview With Ben Ari

Focus on what you can control. Successfully running a business is already difficult. There are so many business factors that you can control and so many different ways to improve. Focus on those. The things that are truly out of your control are rarely worth your time.

As a part of our interview series called “5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Founder”, I had the pleasure of interviewing David Fershteyn.

David Fershteyn is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member at Altera.

Fershteyn is responsible for leading the company’s corporate strategy and investment platform, building firm-wide relationships with sponsors and investors, and helping investors build out alternative investment portfolios. He is also a member of the investment committee. Prior to Altera, Fershteyn worked as a technology investment banker at Barclays in Silicon Valley. At Barclays, Fershteyn focused on the internet, semiconductor and software verticals. He performed company-specific financial…