Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJs. was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. This will also serve as a good pointer for all the entrepreneurs who ask why I am not interested in their company led convertible note financing round. Ive seen a number of entrepreneurs, angels and VCs fall into the trap of providing debt in small pieces. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. At a high level, I definitely agree that being an entrepreneur and being in school dont necessarily mix. At a high level, I definitely agree that being an entrepreneur and being in school dont necessarily mix. Most successful entrepreneurs will repeat this process many times.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

Reinventing the board meeting may offer angel-funded startups - which because of geography or size of investment typically don't have formal boards or directors - to attract experienced advice and investment outside of technology clusters (i.e. Silicon Valley, New York). What is the entrepreneur supposed to be doing?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Touched by an Angel. 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. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. We recently had our Neat Ideas Fair, which is my favorite annual event of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at SJSU. The NIF (in its 5th year), is essentially a science fair for entrepreneurs. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Im going to continue to follow the paths of entrepreneurs turned VCs turned entrepreneurs again and see how it evolves. As an angel investor and start-up CFO, I should have a good vantage point. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC. ► October. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. While spending time with the entrepreneurs and championing the deal through the group, you tend to become emotionally attached. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I get asked this question a lot by entrepreneurs (and students). However, I am teaching the ELAB and a new experimental course (The Silicon Valley Experience) for the MBA program. Related to this, I got an email from an entrepreneur this week interested in meeting with me.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Ok, so I think Im the last guy in Silicon Valley to start a blog. I thought about the name some more and I do spend much of my time teaching entrepreneurship and coaching entrepreneurs. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. An excellent question to ponder as the school year begins, but the answer depends on whether you are looking for a plumber or an angel investor. Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups. These angels invested $17.6

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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. Series B and the $5M Series A , there were angels writing checks with many less 0s.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. CFOs - More Guardian, Less Angel? The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals. The article, " More Guardian, Less Angel " discusses how CFOs add value to angel groups by helping to kill deals.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I ran across a couple of blog posts by another angel investor in Card Munch, Ty Danco. Perhaps, there is more to the deal or maybe it is just a face saving gesture on the part of investors. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? ProfessorVC. Saturday, May 30, 2009. ► October.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. ” “This will be great for VCs and bad for entrepreneurs.” Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? All of these are false.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

We love a good entrepreneurial success story – entrepreneur as protagonist overcomes obstacles and builds a thriving, successful company (and become wealthy while doing so). I would advise any entrepreneur or investor considering content to think twice, as Howard Lindzon from Wallstrip warned us. It’s free.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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." In how many of those were you a lead investor?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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). Clearly, we live in a bubble in Silicon Valley and our economy is rarely in sync with the nation as a whole.

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