Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing. Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet. at 11:15 AM.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Entrepreneurial social networking. Using social media is one of the most basic marketing tactics across verticals – but it is also something that is typically overlooked by entrepreneurs and startup founders. Funding a Business Self-Financing bitcoin funding your business startups technology'

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Some have developed working prototypes, while others are still at the concept stage and only on posterboard. Here are a few of the budding entrepreneurs that I chatted with at the event: Jeff Gibboney, a graduate mechanical engineering student, developed a battery operated skateboard for cruising to school or work. Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I'm doing a new academic experiment now - an incubator at Menlo College where we are bringing the start-ups to campus and giving the students an opportunity to see how they develop and work as interns. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. ► 2010.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

As I mentioned in the previous post, Jeff Fluhr (founder of StubHub) recently stopped by my Entrepreneurial Finance class to share his 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship with the students. He raised less financing than originally planned but was able to launch the site and was running a business by the time his classmates graduated 9 months later.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

I actually enjoy the process of pulling together a selection of materials to create a complete course on Entrepreneurial Finance. The Dead developed an avid fan base (aka Deadheads) who attended mutliple shows on each tour and traded bootleg tapes of their favorite shows. Bootstrapping 101. October 20, 2011 7:34 AM. wmv to mpeg.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I am not sure how this relates to venture finance or entrepreneurship, but Im sure Ill find some connection along the way. I do have one investment in a company that has developed a platform for in game mobile advertising - Greystripe. 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. Bootstrapping 101. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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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. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing. ProfessorVC.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

You can bootstrap your way into existence. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. Develop your business plan.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider. ProfessorVC.

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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. On that front, I take pride in the second headline with news that Fliqz , where I am CFO, just closed on $6 million in Series C financing. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing.

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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. Labels: entrepreneurial finance , financial analysis , venture capital. Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

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. Bootstrapping 101. Steve Bennet. at 1:42 PM.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The search for a world series ticket brought up some more thoughts about entrepreneurial finance. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The fall semester at SJSU started this week and had the first class meeting of my Entrepreneurial Finance class, which was overflowing with students standing, sitting on the floor and begging to get in. We recently led a financing for AppBistro , that had a great group of investors committed, including Dave McClure and Alfred Lin.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Labels: bootstrapping , business plans , entrepreneurship. We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 5, 2010

Useful Glossaries For Web Designers and Developers – [link]. The State of Web Development 2010 – [link]. How To Redesign Your Homepage: A Bootstrapped Process – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. – [link].

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

The protagonist, Ross Williamson, is struggling to finance his company and hang on to his team during the process. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

August 20, 2011 by Lauren Drell 1 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Startup life is all about bootstrapping, but you need a place to work, right?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? Once there is critical mass, lots of business can, indeed, happen.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

I'm curious as to your current thoughts on it, given the recent developments. in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. Daniel Sisson.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And James doesn’t have any money to pay for development. You’ll probably need to contact two dozen serial entrepreneurs with a very well-developed project before you get actionable advice and referrals. In the process of gathering feedback, you’re beginning to develop a network of advisers and supporters.

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