www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

The business plan was starting to look great and all the idea kinks were worked out. What We’re Doing: We’re currently setting the groundwork for an innovative educational web application that will eventually fuse with social networking. In the longer term we will compete with social networks and online advertising.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

May 14, 2010 10:56 PM. June 3, 2010 9:50 AM. November 11, 2010 9:52 AM. November 11, 2010 1:56 PM. ► 2010. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? If you are interested in getting involved in the E-Lab, there are a few opportunities. 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. ► 2010. (7). ► February. (1).

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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. ► 2010. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I first met Jeff about 8 years ago when he was finishing his first year at the Stanford GSB and was beginning to raise money for a business plan he developed for a secondary market ticket exchange. However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. ► 2010. (7). Anonymous said.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Monday, October 11, 2010. Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. October 13, 2010 6:38 PM. October 18, 2010 2:41 PM. I'd be happy to send you our business plan, exec summary, and ppt. October 19, 2010 1:28 PM.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing. ProfessorVC. Monday, June 20, 2011.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010. A Comparison Between Novice and Serial Entrepreneurs" Her research shows that there is a positive correlation between prior founding experience and new venture performance due to stronger and more diverse social networks, access to capital, reliance on collaborators and other factors. ▼ 2010. (7).

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. Ryan was actually working on another business plan for my class when he came to discuss this concept with me a few weeks before the business plan competition. ► 2010. (7). 2 comments: Dave.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Brightkite , the company that pioneered the place checkin, pivoted from checkins to group messaging in late 2010. Companies such as Hotlist and Ditto encourage people to broadcast not what they’re doing, but what they are going to do — while there is still time to adjust, based on friends’ plans and merchants’ deals.

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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. 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. ► 2010. (7). billion to $5.5

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

As I am quoted in the article, it is easy to pick holes in a business plan. ► 2010. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► February. (1). A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

I just read the Q1 2010 report from CB Insights , which shows some interesting trends. billion to work across 731 financing deals with US startups, a 50% increase over Q1 2009. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but they are clearly moving away from early-stage (pre-revenue) deals.

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www.quicksprout.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Home About Answers Contact Quick Sprout What I Learned About Entrepreneurship Through 15 Angel Investments by Neil Patel on October 28, 2010 Share Share Over the last 2.5 Reply Pradeep Kumar Singh October 28, 2010 at 7:32 AM Who could write this better then you? Reply Neil Patel October 31, 2010 at 8:49 PM Thanks Pradeep!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention. When it comes to the right time to go after funding, Kashyap says, “Founders should raise money after they have developed a solid business plan and require additional capital to develop or expand their business.&#

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Think Again. This has been the case for decades.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. easy business finance software. applicant tracking and social recruiting. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Mailing lists/groups. Google Groups. Forms/Surveys.

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