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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Bootstrapping 101. I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Labels: bootstrapping , education , entrepreneurship.

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ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Since Im not a fan of any of those genres, I have been looking forward to the release of his latest work, Burn Rate. Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC.

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 27, 2011. ► May.

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Monday, September 26, 2011. Card Counting for Investors. How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? I havent had a chance to see Moneyball yet, but did read Michael Lewis book when it came out eight years ago. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Thursday, September 16, 2010. Are DEMOs days numbered? Has DEMO lost its luster and relevance in 2010? I spent the past couple of days at the conference and certainly felt like it. There wasnt a lot of buzz in the air. Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Non-dilutive Financing Through Revenue Sharing

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It certainly will be a better way to bootstrap the company. Jeff has managed to keep his burn rate very low thus far, and a slow and steady crafting of the business is working nicely. SOCO Games. Then Jeff Bogensberger pitched SOCO Games , the maker of a Facebook game called Earth 2.0.

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

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. Bootstrapping 101. ProfessorVC. Thursday, December 18, 2008. Why didnt I think of that?? Great ideas can come from many places. ► September. (1).