Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

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. This can make it much more difficult to get any bank financing, new investment, and trade credit. In cases where it is truly a bridge financing (i.e. Steve Bennet. at 1:33 PM.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2009. November 19, 2009 8:17 PM. If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. November 20, 2009 8:26 AM. November 21, 2009 6:58 PM. December 29, 2009 9:11 AM. ProfessorVC. Steve Bennet.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

They assume that the tasks that they are performing during the early stage of startup development are the same tasks that will be performed during the next and very different stages. They assume that their skills will remain as valuable to the startup as they are right now. But such a best-case approach is hazardous.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► July. (1). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. ► 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. ► 2009. (7). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. cant wait to go back, which is clearly goal #1 in the list of critical success factors if anyone is still following the business model tangent. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion. Learning everything you can about VC first is important for that reason, but also to ensure it’s the right form of financing for your business.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

Bullpen is one of a growing number of early-stage funds - or, perhaps more accurately, "earlier-stage," since even his is no longer the first out of the gate. IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). Number of U.S.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Some conclusions were that the founders role is more important in the very early stage in the creation of the horse and as the visionary and as the company moves beyond this stage, becomes replaceable. ► 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

You literally have to take your vision of the opportunity and against all rational odds assemble financing, and a team to help you execute. Next, you have to deal with the daily crisis of product development and acquiring early customers. Reply Jonathan Payne , on May 20, 2009 at 8:43 pm Said: fascinating.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I am not sure how this relates to venture finance or entrepreneurship, but Im sure Ill find some connection along the way. July 12, 2009 11:34 AM. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

I actually enjoy the process of pulling together a selection of materials to create a complete course on Entrepreneurial Finance. I assembled textbook chapters, Harvard Business Review articles, cases, and notes to pull together my own textbook. This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

As early stage investors, our goal is to eliminate as much risk as possible with the least amount of cash spent. However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. Steve, I was pleasantly surprised to find your blog when researching startup financing. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. 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. November 22, 2009 2:03 AM. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

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. His gut told him the opportunity might not be there in a year and he dropped out of business school to launch the venture. ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

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. Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense?

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Steve Blank

JULY 13, 2009

Which at this stage of the company was marketing and financing. Our “Hollywood meets Silicon Valley” story played great in Silicon Valley, they ate it up in Hollywood, and the business press tripped over themselves to talk to us. steve Knowtu » links for 2009-07-13 , on July 13, 2009 at 6:05 pm Said: [.]

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The fall semester at SJSU started this week and had the first class meeting of my Entrepreneurial Finance class, which was overflowing with students standing, sitting on the floor and begging to get in. Whether you buy this or not for public equities, the market for early stage private companies has always been wildly inefficient.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Dec 26, 2009). Rethinking “F@#$ You Money” - Tony Wright dot com , August 2, 2010 Now that I’ve stepped down from RescueTime, I’m pondering my next thing (whether it’s a product role at a very early stage startup or spinning up my own for the 3rd time). figure it’s a good time to be introspective and consider my motivations.

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The protagonist, Ross Williamson, is struggling to finance his company and hang on to his team during the process. While credit cards, second mortgages, and personal guarantees are all common methods of early stage funding, they can certainly put a strain on marriages and personal relationships.

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www.forentrepreneurs.com

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I've been driving the implementation of systems to track these types of metrics at our company (fast growing, recently public), and also have spent some time on the phone with one of your early stage founders (Ellen) discussing the metrics we track and how we think about them at our company. Great stuff! All rights reserved.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

It is certainly true that we can pick apart the financial projections or pour through contracts, legal and financial diligence, but none of those areas tend to be the most important areas in deciding whether to make an early stage investment. How passionate are the entrepreneurs about their business? ► 2009. (7).

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009. We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing. I wanted to see if we could setup a brief call with you to discuss our business. ▼ 2009.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The search for a world series ticket brought up some more thoughts about entrepreneurial finance. Ive written about this before and I certainly wasnt the only one, but what a great business. ► 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1). ► October.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009. 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. ▼ 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ▼ July. (1). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Steve Bennet. at 1:42 PM. Email This BlogThis!

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this case, LinkedIn was the only logical one that came to mind and didn’t see a viable business model short of that result. I assumed they werent able to raise funding and early exits often work out great for the founders, although not necessarily investors. ► July. (1). ► 2009. (7). ► April.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► July. (1). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

► 2009. (7). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► July. (1). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Are you refering to the various early stage platforms that are popping up? in fees is a hefty transaction fee considering company will still have legal and other fees on the financing. ► 2009. (7). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. April 12, 2012 3:16 PM. Daniel Sisson. Steve Bennet.

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