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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

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Blog Archive. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. My Blog List. Glad you had a chance to see us at DEMO.

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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.

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

Blog Archive. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. My Blog List. Part of it was the out of the box thinking and turning the typical venture investment thesis upside down. June 28, 2011 3:41 PM. Newer Post.

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ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

We werent able to declare a winner, but I did agree to write a blog post on the topic. Blog Archive. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. My Blog List. nice article, thanks. May 14, 2011 2:39 PM.

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ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

Its been a while since my last blog post.It Randy Stross, a colleague of mine at San Jose State, wrote an interesting piece on the textbook business in his Sunday New York Times column, " First it Was Song Downloads. Blog Archive. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?