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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

This lasted from about 2001-2004. This probably wasn’t a fun period of time for a new VC but nonetheless probably made Mike stronger than having started in 1997. Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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2001 ; Tullis et al., Lund, 1997, 1998, 1999 ). 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Although studies of screen reading show no difference between reading from screen and from paper ( Dillon, 1992 ; Bernard, 2001 ), there could be some validity to this argument. Coghill, 1980) ; Zachrisson, 1965 , Walker, 2001 ). Conclusion.

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Publicity Stunts: When Good Ideas Go Bad

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They figured that consumers and media would flock to cover the story when they unveiled the giant treat in New York’s Union Square. But, as Murphy’s law dictates, when something can go wrong, it will and it happened that the temperature shot up into the 80s in New York City that day. Who would have thought?

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

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Thanks to Joe Silverman, New York Computer Help ! #3) Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. 3) Love Solving Puzzles. It’s just my passion. 17) Devastating Event.