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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures (Part 8)

Posted on Friday, Nov 12th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Mike: If a company is not coalescing into something where you think it’s a very big outcome, in that case, what you want to do is think about either getting cash flow positive on the existing positive, or if there’s going to be a need for more

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures (Part 6)

Posted on Wednesday, Nov 10th

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Mike: For seed deals, typically we get a small amount of the ownership. In many instances, we’re less sensitive than angel investors for whom the seed is . . .  that’s when they buy shares. That’s their investment. For us, maybe we’ll invest $100,000 or $200,000 in

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