My name is Steve Walsh and I’m the founder of a company called Hands On Angel, which is an early-stage ecosystem centered around early-stage founders. I help them do three things. I help them accelerate capital, revenue, and growth. Tell Us About Your Journey So it’s been a long one. My journey started over 25 […]
Hi, I’m Blair Heavey. I’m principal of Heavey Advisors. We help, advise, be on the board, and then invest in start-ups. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey started with big companies, primarily Hewlett-Packard. Had a great time there, and was the youngest VP in that group. And then I decided that one of my […]
Hi, I’m Anton Khinchuk and I’m an IT Professional with twenty-five years of experience. Tell Us About Your Journey I’ve been in IT for about twenty-five years. What I do is build teams to build some sort of technology that solves some sort of problem. Along the way, I encountered a personal problem, and that […]
Hey, everybody, I’m Brett Reed. I’m the executive vice president of Partnerships at Mirah, a Boston based behavioral health technology company that helps behavioral health clinicians improve outcomes. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey as an entrepreneur is an accidental one, really. I was a retail operations executive living in Miami, Florida. I was […]
Hi, my name is Alden Zecha, I’m a Managing Director with SideCar Angels, a local angel investment group. Tell Us About Your Journey My journey has been pretty diverse, it’s very non-traditional. I came out of University/College with my education and started working in a corporate American R&D lab, actually at a work bench mixing […]
In our article on SAFEs vs Convertible Notes, we referenced the “friends and family” rounds as the most common way founders first raise money. At this stage, individuals are primarily writing checks because they love and trust you, and little to do with your business idea or any expectation of actually making money. Every penny from this precious purse must be spent wisely to build the business.