Jim Hirshfield

Current

Managing Partner at SpringSeed Partners

Past

Global Account Manager at Moneyline Telerate
VP of Sales at Gradience, Inc.
Co-Founder & CEO at PledgeBay.com, Inc.

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Education

Columbia University
Hamden High School

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

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Jim Hirshfield’s Summary

Twenty years of high-tech sales and management experience on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley covering a diverse blend of executive, line, and staff assignments; each identifying, developing, and driving new revenue, business plans, and opportunities.

Consistently demonstrating a resourceful, results-oriented approach to problem solving and strategizing on multimillion-dollar sales campaigns and e-commerce initiatives. Experienced and effective in consultative sales approach to closing transactions.

Management of business development activities for early and mature companies, including start-up logistics, legal framework, capital financing, acquisitions, and value-add partnerships.

Tech-savvy entrepreneur with excellent management, presentation, marketing, negotiation, and people skills and a proven ability to articulate and sell ideas.

Jim Hirshfield’s Specialties:

Business Plan:
Identifying strengths and incorporating realignments.
Start-up:
Balancing rapid growth with financial constraints.
Product Management:
Providing focus on functional specification goals.
Venture Funding:
Preparing effective presentations, capturing VC mindshare, and delivering the pitch.
Alliance Building:
Developing relationships that drive revenue, traffic, and exposure.

Additional Information

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Jim Hirshfield’s Groups:

Board Member of The West Norwalk Association,
past-Executive Committee of The Columbia University Club of Fairfield County,
Founding Member of The New Canaan Alliance of Business Professionals,
Phi Gamma Delta