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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? This was a collaboration between students in industrial design, electrical engineering and business. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

Its Ok to Exit a Little Early -StubHub was experiencing great growth and hitting its metrics when Ebay acquired the company in early 2007 It is quite possible that Jeff could have gotten a higher price for the company by waiting, but felt there were a number of benefits to exiting when they did. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

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). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Back to the panel. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

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Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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ProfessorVC: Waah.Do I have to build a financial model?

Professor VC

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► January. (1).

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Total amount raised fell from $7.5 billion to $5.5 billion quarter over quarter. First round median investment size fell to $3.8

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

Both Sides of the Table

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Huge funding increases lead to massive wage inflation, rent inflation and thus higher burn rates. You’ll see here that in 2007 people were willing to pay 7.7x Even Sequoia.

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