Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. I let him know that he just accomplished two things - left a bad taste with the entrepreneur and opened the door for the next investor to ask for a multiple preference that is senior to yours.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

An entrepreneur will pitch their business plan to what they think is a group of angel investors and will get a number of follow-up calls afterwards, but they are pitches for services not investment interest. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One group charges entrepreneurs "an administrative fee" to present to the group. Touched by an Angel. for a total of $10.5M

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The NIF (in its 5th year), is essentially a science fair for entrepreneurs. Here are a few of the budding entrepreneurs that I chatted with at the event: Jeff Gibboney, a graduate mechanical engineering student, developed a battery operated skateboard for cruising to school or work. ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Do you have the right make-up to be an entrepreneur? You need to be true to yourself and many people arent cut out to take the personal and professional risk associated with being an entrepreneur. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2009. (7). ► July. (1).

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Dec 26, 2009). They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Why do startups?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

While spending time with the entrepreneurs and championing the deal through the group, you tend to become emotionally attached. In most cases, the entrepreneur hasnt hidden anything, it is just buyers remorse kicking in and the realization that the hard work is beginning. ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl. While bootstrapping, there are multiple options from doing as a side project, changing the business, raising angel or venture, etc. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. Many companies that have raised capital are going to need to spend it wisely to win and others will be forced to bootstrap.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009. In addition to the first prize, he was also given office space at the Plug and Play incubator for the summer and get to spend his days with other entrepreneurs and investors. Labels: bootstrapping , business plans , entrepreneurship. August 26, 2009 11:28 AM. August 28, 2009 10:56 AM.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

For firms that dont have access to the most successful entrepreneurs, trying to predict an individual or individual teams success rate based on experience, personal attributes, intellect, etc. might very well be a good way to find some promising first time entrepreneurs. The darts seem to be doing quite well over the past few years.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

I get asked this question a lot by entrepreneurs (and students). Related to this, I got an email from an entrepreneur this week interested in meeting with me. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Ross is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, battered but still standing after the Internet collapse. July 28, 2009 5:42 PM. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ▼ 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups. billion in 2009, which matches the amount invested by VCs. This is a brutal process for entrepreneurs and many have no interest in the angel groups for this reason. ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ▼ September. (2).

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup Today I received an inquiry from a student at an Ivy League university who wants to launch a web startup. Go to meetings of any campus entrepreneurs groups. And you will have to be the one with the mad social skills.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

I spent most of the time with the reporter talking about Sand Hill Angels and how we add value to the start-ups and entrepreneurs that we partner with, which is why I just have a small mention in the article. How passionate are the entrepreneurs about their business? ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ► July. (1).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I thought about the name some more and I do spend much of my time teaching entrepreneurship and coaching entrepreneurs. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. Of course, she thinks most things I do are lame. ► September. (2).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Why can’t anyone just say, “it wasn’t a great outcome for investors, but was for the entrepreneurs and glad we could help make that happen” I guess nobody wants to pull a kazoo out of their pocket when it feels so much better to blare a trumpet. ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. ► 2009. (7). Light the bill. Are you calm?

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

In part one, How To Bootstrap Your Startup , we outlined the process of bootstrapping your company into existence. I cant recommend learning XHTML/CSS highly enough for budding web entrepreneurs. In this post, we show you how to go from idea to specified product.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009. I have been following the rallying cry of entrepreneurs with some amusement over the past couple of weeks in response to a blog post by Jason Calacanis, " Why Start-ups Shouldnt have to pay to pitch angel investors." We made 12 investments last year (5 new and 7 follow-on) and are on the same pace in 2009.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

We now live in an anarconomy where entrepreneurs are making counter moves to disrupt the status quo so they can redefine commercial landscapes. Since it launched in 2009 it has funded 86,000 startups and raised well over $400,000,000. It was anti-social in nature. we want by voting with as little as $1.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

link] valto This will be very interesting to see, if entrepreneurs as “investors” will be different than “traditional investors”. The only option at the moment for smaller ideas is to go seed / angel funding, or try to bootstrap it. in britain your considered an entrepreneur if you start a corner shop, which isnt good.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

VFAs tagline is "Mobilizing graduates as entrepreneurs" and is "A program for young, talented grads to spend 2 years in the trenches of a start-up with the goal that these graduates will become socialized and mobilized as entrepreneurs moving forward." ► 2009. (7). Bootstrapping 101. ► September. (2).

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