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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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New York ›. View More in New York › ›. New York Events ›. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. On its website , the firm says, “We track everything from financing details, investors, board members, and management, to industry segments, business stages and exits.”

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Vision and Grit: How Peopledoc defined a multi-billion HR Software category

Cracking the Code

Peopledoc is a great example, and the success of the company is deeply entrenched in the driving force of the founding team, who reinvented the business a couple of times to get to where they are today. Unfortunately, the level of adoption was not quite what it needed to be and in 2010, the team realised that a new strategy was needed.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco. I’ve already started the business modeling. Venture Financings we Discussed. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. You can hear his full argument in the interview.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly It is helping with recruiting by leveraging my networks and experience in a particular domain. Information Arbitrage by Roger Ehrenberg.

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

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Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

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As I mentioned in the previous post, Jeff Fluhr (founder of StubHub) recently stopped by my Entrepreneurial Finance class to share his 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship with the students. His gut told him the opportunity might not be there in a year and he dropped out of business school to launch the venture. 3 hours ago. 5 hours ago.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

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While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. 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). Back to the panel. 3 days ago.