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ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

Professor VC

In fact, for a good laugh, I just went back and checked our accounting system, and at the end of one quarter in 2005, we were down to $143 cash on the balance sheet. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Waah.Do I have to build a financial model?

Professor VC

How much needs to be shown in the form of a cashflow statement, and balance sheet? 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.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

million from Lighthouse Capital Partners , which ultimately became critical to our balance sheet and they turned out to be a great partner as we worked through the equity financing process. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? We drew $1.5 ► January. (1). ► 2010.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. And Social. My deal got dragged out and eventually never happened. tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period.

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