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5 Things You Need to Learn Before Launching a Startup

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Business Models and Pricing Know your business model prior to launching a startup. However, sometimes founders only think about their big idea and forget about the strictly business side of a startup. However, you don’t need them all, you need the ones that suit your business model.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

Based on your article you might be interested in my book,which you can see on my web site www.bootstrapping101.com Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: bootstrapping , education , entrepreneurship. 1 comment: Bob. April 4, 2010 8:34 AM.

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Got around to seeing The Social Network this past weekend. I did a little searching around the web to try and find a truth vs. fiction comparison, but the closest I found was "The 10 Most Glaring Lies In The Social Network" on the Business Insider.

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ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

Professor VC

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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ProfessorVC: Who does this ProfessorVC think he is?

Professor VC

I put up my Bodega Partners web site in 1995 and it served its purpose for a number of years, but I just didnt spend the energy to keep it current and finally just took it down last month. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

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Lessons Learned: Don't launch

Startup Lessons Learned

You have to know your business model. Most startups launch before theyve figured out what business theyre in. And even worse, wed cranked up the burn rate in order to be ready to handle all those millions of mainstream customers we anticipated. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Expo SF (May.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► January. (1).