Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. Wondering how do I get in touch with you - I am founder of a company here in San jose, CA and would like to invite you to be part of our advisor team.

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San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

San Jose Mercury News carried an article recently on Wayne and here is an excerpt from that article: Wayne designed the company’s original logo, wrote the manual for the Apple I computer, and drafted the fledgling company’s partnership agreement. I didn’t. It is worth spending those few extra minutes!!!

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San Jose Cofounder Dilution Metrics 66

Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

One of my favorite projects from 2007 was a solar power wetsuit. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. This was a collaboration between students in industrial design, electrical engineering and business. This team had a working prototype of the first solar powered wetsuit using nano-solar technology.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Technical Review Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

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.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

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). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Back to the panel.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

And since VC dollars tend to concentrate around high-tech R&D areas, it’s notable that more than 90% of the nation’s innovation-sector growth (2005-2017) is accounted for by just five metro areas — Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and San Diego.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Google started and is still headquartered in Mountain View, but they opened an office in SF at the end of 2007. Note (1): For those not familiar with the geography of the SF Bay Area, the city of San Francisco proper sits at the north end of a peninsula that stretches down to the smaller city of San Jose. link] Chris G.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185