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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. New Communications Review. Most tech start-ups fail. Follow us on Twitter.

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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

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On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits. It now has high liquidity from South San Jose to Napa. Different Economics.

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Cracking The Code: Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends

Cracking the Code

Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. I attended yesterday the 10th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends organized by the Churchill Club at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. This opens a large opportunity for water purification related technologies (in particular technologies to convert sea water into drinking water).

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. 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. In cases where it is truly a bridge financing (i.e.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

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Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. So I've been able to move to another location with my partner and another city, I should say. I don't see any big tech companies that have great cultures that are doing fully remote. But I couldn't get it out of my head. I'm curious.

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ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

Professor VC

Of course, rigorous diligence is performed, the team is challenged, and assumptions are tested. Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. February 15, 2008 2:08 PM.