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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. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001. When he entered the industry he caught the tail end of the dot com bubble and then was immediately thrust into a 3-year period of “triage&# where VC’s had to deal with problems in portfolio companies. CEO Henry Vogel (ex CRO of Quigo, and VP at Ebay).