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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. By the way, this was still pre-Netscape, pre-Internet.

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ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Since Im not a fan of any of those genres, I have been looking forward to the release of his latest work, Burn Rate. July 28, 2009 5:42 PM. ▼ 2009. (7).

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

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Manija Ansari is an undergraduate business student (currently in my Entrepreneurial Finance course), working on a social entreprenurial venture. Unforgettable treasures will provide micro-loans to third world crafts artists to enable them to build their business and will also market their wares through the Internet. ► 2009. (7).

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

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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. Jeff founded StubHub during the dotcom bust and funding for consumer Internet companies was disappearing rapidly. ► 2009. (7).

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

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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. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program! November 22, 2009 2:03 AM. ► 2009. (7). Labels: angel groups , valuation.

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

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And for the love of high-speed internet and all things Web 2.0, About the Author Ryan Roberts is a startup lawyer and represents technology companies through all phases of the startup process, including incorporation, seed & venture financings, and exit transactions. Click here to learn more about his practice.

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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

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Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x We had grown into a more reasonable burn rate so raising capital meant we would have many years of cash on the balance sheet. Great companies get financed.