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Working Capital (Debt) Financing For Entrepreneurs: Heather Onstott, Director Of Small Business, LaunchCapital (Part 7)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Heather: Sometimes, [I would say to entrepreneurs] “I’m interested. Here’s what I’d be willing to bite off, but here’s what I think I need to see you put in place first.” And then, probably, ten – believe it or not – never call me back, which is
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Mike: No founder has the complete package. Whether it’s great technical chops or product chops or business and strategy acumen, you never have a founder who has all of that. When you define what the company needs to do, during the next, say, 12 to 24 months,
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: On average, from all your sources, how many applications do you personally get per month? Mike: That’s a good question. Hundreds. Irina: Out of those hundreds, how many deserve a closer look? Mike: I would say maybe 8 to 10 are worth pondering to some extent.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Mike: [With Dogpatch Labs], the idea is for the entrepreneurial community to be engaged and see this as both a place and a group of people to engage with across a variety of different means. The benefit to us is not ownership in the company necessarily. It’s
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Hirshland, General Partner, Polaris Ventures (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Mike: We do quite a bit of seed investing. We’ve been doing seed investing since Polaris was started. Irina: When was Polaris founded? Mike: It was founded in 1995. That’s when they started raising the first fund, and they started investing in 1996. Irina: What is your
