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How to Miss By a Mile: An Alternative Look at Uber’s Potential Market Size

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This post was a shortened version of a more detailed post he had written for his own blog titled “ A Disruptive Cab Ride to Riches: The Uber Payoff.” Uber initially worked well primarily within the San Francisco city limits. It now has high liquidity from South San Jose to Napa. The rental car market is $27B in the U.S.

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Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs - from Guy Kawasaki

Startup Lessons Learned

There are books on most (but not yet all) of the critical topics about startups, and of course a massive amount of information on blogs and Twitter. To pull this lie off, you''d better be either a great bluffer or smokin'' hot, or you won''t have a chance against the investor network. Micro­soft, Oracle, Apple, Facebook.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

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Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. San Jose, CA. San Diego, CA. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. startup ecosystem for many decades. Minneapolis, MN.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. com The site connects to my blog on the same subject and to Amazon,where the book is sold. Blog Archive. My Blog List.

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ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

However, I have seen some blog posts posing the question about whether the same principles of valuing baseball players could be applied to entrepreneurs. P.S. ProfessorVC is happy to have been included as one of the 50 Best Professor Blogs. Blog Archive. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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ProfessorVC: Are DEMO's days numbered?

Professor VC

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. Blog Archive. My Blog List. Post a Comment.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab). blog internships. Blog Archive.