Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

This will also serve as a good pointer for all the entrepreneurs who ask why I am not interested in their company led convertible note financing round. This can make it much more difficult to get any bank financing, new investment, and trade credit. In cases where it is truly a bridge financing (i.e. Steve Bennet. at 1:33 PM.

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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. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture News. ▼ January. (1).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. There used to be a fairly standard career path in the venture capital industry.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. I started thinking about this yesterday when Jeff Fluhr, founder of Stub Hub spoke at my San Jose State class. However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. Steve Bennet. at 5:28 PM.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The ACA is an interesting organization and is providing support in a number of ways to its member angel groups, from public policy, networking, sydnication, and best practices. The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) was also represented at the conference and is forging closer links with the ACA. Venture News.

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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. Randy Stross, a colleague of mine at San Jose State, wrote an interesting piece on the textbook business in his Sunday New York Times column, " First it Was Song Downloads. Venture News.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Manija Ansari is an undergraduate business student (currently in my Entrepreneurial Finance course), working on a social entreprenurial venture. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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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. His gut told him the opportunity might not be there in a year and he dropped out of business school to launch the venture. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. million for the year, which is the first time it has been below $5 million since 2001, a sign that capital efficiency will be even more important than it has.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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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. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). 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.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Was amused to read about Right Side Capital this week. Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing. Well, Im back. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Nope, the above quote isnt from Richard Dawson on Family Feud, but similar to a headline that caught my attention on the front page of the business section of the San Jose Mercury News this morning. Labels: due diligence , financial analysis , venture capital. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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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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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

According to todays San Jose Mercury , Davaran has been trying to break into the music business for the past three years and after the release of this YouTube hit, has started getting calls about new projects. The search for a world series ticket brought up some more thoughts about entrepreneurial finance. Venture News.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Everyone seems to know someone who has raised huge amounts of venture capital without ever putting together even back of the envelope projections. Labels: entrepreneurial finance , financial analysis , venture capital. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. 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"? Venture News. ► 2010. (7).

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. This does show that venture backed companies have a huge impact on the US economy. Labels: Andy Grove , economics , venture capital. Steve Bennet.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2008

In the blog, I plan on sharing my opinions (I generally have no shortage of these) on venture capital, angel investing, teaching entrepreneurship, and anything else that strikes my fancy. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

It is certainly good to take an analytical approach to any investment opportunity and many venture capital firms and angel groups do an excellent job of diligence. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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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"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. 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"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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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. ► January. (1).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

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"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Venture News. ► January. (1).

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

You network! That is what I am doing with the ELAB program at San Jose State University. Venture capital Texas. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. You attend start-up events! March 18, 2012 4:14 AM.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

I attended yesterday the 10th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends organized by the Churchill Club at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. This year, the panel included Steve Jurveston from DFJ, Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital, Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners and Joe Schoendorf from Accel.

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