Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2009. (7). Steve Bennet. at 11:15 AM.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2009. (7). Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

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. ► 2009. (7). ► February. (1). ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. cant wait to go back, which is clearly goal #1 in the list of critical success factors if anyone is still following the business model tangent. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

As you can see below, investments have skyrocketed – up 300% since 2009. Huge funding increases lead to massive wage inflation, rent inflation and thus higher burn rates. In 2009 many deals got done at $4-5 million pre and in the past few years some of these deals have gotten done at $10-12 million pre (or higher).

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

I actually enjoy the process of pulling together a selection of materials to create a complete course on Entrepreneurial Finance. I assembled textbook chapters, Harvard Business Review articles, cases, and notes to pull together my own textbook. This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I am not sure how this relates to venture finance or entrepreneurship, but Im sure Ill find some connection along the way. July 12, 2009 11:34 AM. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

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. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. November 22, 2009 2:03 AM. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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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. ► 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM. Anonymous said. ► February. (1).

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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. Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense?

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009. We made 12 investments last year (5 new and 7 follow-on) and are on the same pace in 2009. For those who do charge, should you avoid them like the plague or burn at the stake? October 22, 2009 1:03 PM. ▼ 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The fall semester at SJSU started this week and had the first class meeting of my Entrepreneurial Finance class, which was overflowing with students standing, sitting on the floor and begging to get in. billion in 2009, which matches the amount invested by VCs. ► 2009. (7). These angels invested $17.6 Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009. We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing. I wanted to see if we could setup a brief call with you to discuss our business. ▼ 2009.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The search for a world series ticket brought up some more thoughts about entrepreneurial finance. Ive written about this before and I certainly wasnt the only one, but what a great business. ► 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► February. (1). ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009. Nope, the above quote isnt from Richard Dawson on Family Feud, but similar to a headline that caught my attention on the front page of the business section of the San Jose Mercury News this morning. ▼ 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. 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. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

How passionate are the entrepreneurs about their business? Does the business model pass the smell test? ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Do I believe they can succeed?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this case, LinkedIn was the only logical one that came to mind and didn’t see a viable business model short of that result. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. . ► February. (1). Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns? ► November. (1).

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