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Recruiting High Impact Employees

Since starting my career the one thing that has always amazed me is the lack of process and discipline most people put behind the recruiting process. As we all know,  great teams build great companies.  Yet for most companies, even those with seasoned executives and Board members, they treat the recruiting process as a necessary evil.   Having spent many …

Entrepreneur DNA

Fred Wilson just wrote about a really interesting topic based on his recent visit to Wharton.  Can someone be taught to be an entrepreneur? Nature vs Nurture and Entrepreneurship
This is a really interesting question and one that is at the core of almost every hiring decision when building an early stage company.  Related to this question is: can an intrepreneur …

My First Post

Let me start out by thanking Jon Steinberg who mentored me through the process of creating my blog.  As he said…”now the fun begins”!   I look forward to sharing my thoughts and observations on the people and companies I meet and the trends I observe. And yes there will be times and moments during my life outside of Polaris …

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About me

Peter Flint is a general partner with Polaris Venture Partners. He joined Polaris in 2003 and brings over 25 years of experience as an operating executive in the consumer media industry combined with building senior management teams for early stage venture backed companies.

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Peter currently serves on the Board of BlackArrow, Infinian, JIBE, Stickybits and Seamless Receipts.