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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab).

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Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence 2010 awards dinner

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

The San Jose Business Journal vetted out nominations down to 100 women in the San Jose area who have influenced other women and their community. The evening included a networking cocktail reception, dinner, awards of course, then dessert. I wish that there were more folks to meet during the networking hour.

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ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges.

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ProfessorVC: Is the Grass Really Greener on the Dark Side?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I think this same concept plays into what Ive seen happening a lot more in the venture community: partners at VC firms jumping back into entrepreneurial ventures. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. ► January. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 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. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley.

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Why I love living in the Silicon Valley area

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Let’s talk about the cons of San Francisco Bay area: Expensive housing. Besides San Francisco, very spread out, made up of many cities like Mountain View, San Jose, Palo Alto, etc. Alright, so let’s get down to why I really love living in the Silicon Valley area. SF is up to an hour away.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Bootstrap Freemium Ventures?

ReadWriteStart

During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media. I love the idea.