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ProfessorVC: Do you have a U.S. Strategy?

Professor VC

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). ▼ 2010. (7).

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

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Corporate America could learn from this. We’d love to see these given the number of businesses you see and ultimately invest in. I was about to become the first person in America to sell condom key chains. We had the wrong business model. Dave Jones made a virtue of having no business model for APB.

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ProfessorVC: Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time?

Professor VC

As an active participant in the Silicon Valley new venture ecosystem and entrepreneurship educator, Im intrigued by the recently announced program Venture for America (VFA). VFA is sending high achieving recent college grads into small businesses and start-ups in inner cities. Back to Venture for America. ► January. (1).