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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab). The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct

Professor VC

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. I was a limited partner in Angel Investors, LP, Ron Conways fund in the late 1990s. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. Funding environment : No one can question that Silicon Valley has the most developed venture capital and funding environment for startups. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue.

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On Geography

K9 Ventures

” Now that last statement is a little off, since I have a portfolio company in Berkeley and one as far south as San Jose. Funding environment : No one can question that Silicon Valley has the most developed venture capital and funding environment for startups. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue.