Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. Steve, I was pleasantly surprised to find your blog when researching startup financing. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

San Jose 31

San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). We had the wrong business model.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Huge funding increases lead to massive wage inflation, rent inflation and thus higher burn rates. What is the True Sentiment of VCs?

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150