Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. Bootstrapping 101. I really enjoy the collaboration among students in different parts of the university and the excitement of talking about their ideas and thinking through the business potential, particularly for the non-business students. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Technical Review Angel Investor 28

K9 Ventures

MAY 28, 2015

At K9 we invest in companies which have a clear/direct revenue model and typically don’t invest in companies that follow the Ubiquity first Revenue Later (URL) revenue model made famous by Eric Schmidt in 2007. By carefully managing your burn rate and steadily growing revenue, you can now survive — almost forever.

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Revenue Startup Burn Rate Cofounder 48

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did. Bootstrapping 101. ► September. (1).

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Bootstrapping 101. I found this data quite interesting and wonder how representative it actually is as most angel investments are not reported.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? My next post will be about the importance of cash flow, keeping burn rates low, and how to avoid excessive equity dilution. Read More] Tracked on August 14, 2007 at 03:37 PM Comments Great post !!!!!!!!

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. Many companies that have raised capital are going to need to spend it wisely to win and others will be forced to bootstrap. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing. Bootstrapping 101.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Bootstrapping 101. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine. ► September. (1). Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct.

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35