Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

If you’re bootstrapping, you don’t need to worry about either of these options. But to get that Silicon Valley angel funding you have to be part of that social network; most of the rest of the world doesn’t have that frothy environment. This is not a good time to ask for outside funding. Option Three: Or don’t raise funding.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Of course, timing and luck are still a big part of a successful capital campaign, particularly with these market conditions. Many companies that have raised capital are going to need to spend it wisely to win and others will be forced to bootstrap. Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. I think this same concept plays into what Ive seen happening a lot more in the venture community: partners at VC firms jumping back into entrepreneurial ventures.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Lobbying is ongoing by both the National Venture Capital Association and Angel Capital Association and James Geshwiler on the panel wrote a recent post on the ramification. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing. Bootstrapping 101. Venture News.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. 41% of them feel that they qualify for venture capital funding.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The ACA is an interesting organization and is providing support in a number of ways to its member angel groups, from public policy, networking, sydnication, and best practices. The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) was also represented at the conference and is forging closer links with the ACA. Bootstrapping 101.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture News.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

You may have great credentials as a public servant in your home town, but that won’t get you money to build a social network on the Internet, or start a software company. What if you can’t convince Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD, MyCFO, Juniper Networks) to run your startup?

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. Labels: angel investing , entrepreneurship , venture capital. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Oregon San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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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). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. Venture News.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. You can bootstrap your way into existence. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. 10 cents per DAU.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Then from a bottoms-up standpoint what you said is exactly right, I think, which is that the new generation of employees grew up on smartphones and tablets and touch and everything, social networking and Twitter and everything else. Alexia Tsotsis: Is the solution “keep calm and carry on,” or what is the solution to this?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 1, 2018

I mean are you better off bootstrapping a company and building it to something and then maybe deciding, or are you better off going out and saying, “Here’s my great idea. Give me $5 million, and I’ll try to make it work.”

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

While bootstrapping, there are multiple options from doing as a side project, changing the business, raising angel or venture, etc. A talent acquisition or bootstrapping are still options, but need to include buy-in from the investors. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Of course, when 10-year returns for the entire venture capital asset class is about to drop below zero, drastic measures may be in order. While this is not surprising, it would be interesting to look at returns provided to venture capital firms from novice and serial entrepreneurs. Bootstrapping 101. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. This does show that venture backed companies have a huge impact on the US economy. Labels: Andy Grove , economics , venture capital. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Everyone seems to know someone who has raised huge amounts of venture capital without ever putting together even back of the envelope projections. Labels: entrepreneurial finance , financial analysis , venture capital. Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? Bootstrapping 101. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

Venture capital Texas. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Venture News. March 18, 2012 4:14 AM.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Of course, if you look at the Cambridge Associates data ( graph at the bottom left) comparing venture capital returns of top quartile vs. median funds, youll see that over the past three decades, the median fund has never returned over 40% and that the returns have been 0% over the past ten years. Bootstrapping 101. at 1:04 PM.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment. Venture News.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

In the blog, I plan on sharing my opinions (I generally have no shortage of these) on venture capital, angel investing, teaching entrepreneurship, and anything else that strikes my fancy. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. Venture News.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

Labels: bootstrapping , business plans , entrepreneurship. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. Venture News.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

While VC firms have been easy to find from the old school days of Pratts Guide to Venture Capital , to the early web presence of the 1990s and the current web sites, blogs, twitter feeds, facebook fan pages and sites such as The Funded , angels are still a bit harder to track down. Bootstrapping 101. Venture News.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

It is certainly good to take an analytical approach to any investment opportunity and many venture capital firms and angel groups do an excellent job of diligence. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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