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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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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. The NIF brings together students from all parts of the university (business, computer science, mechanical engineering, design, life science, etc.)

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Business, Engineering, Computer Science, and Design were all represented. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. Collaboration with engineering, computer science, life sciences, etc. ProfessorVC. Thursday, November 19, 2009. Steve Bennet.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. He was the first American in 30 years to graduate from the 5-year brewing program at the Technical University of Munich , the highest technical degree in brewing engineering. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC.

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

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Andy argues against common wisdom here in Silicon Valley that start-ups are behind all new job creation. He believes that this transfer of manufacturing and engineering expertise out of the country will ultimately lead to less innovation. Friday, July 2, 2010. Do you have a U.S.

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ProfessorVC: Academically challenged

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. This reminds of a comment from the VP Engineering at one of my start-ups, who is a Brit with a dry sense of humor - "I used to teach at university, but then I realized I didnt like the students". Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. In fact, we often felt frustrated when new startups with a fraction of our success got terrific write-ups in Silicon Valley-centric venues. Thats how to "launch".