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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

The three founders shared a vision, built the exercise machines in the garage, and knocked on doors at health clubs, attended trade shows, and worked the phone to get initial sales. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January.

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ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

A 2005 report by the Government Accountability Office indicates that textbook prices have outpaced inflation by more than 2-1 over the past two decades and account for 26% of tuition and fees at four-year public universities and nearly three-quarters of costs at community colleges. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook.

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22 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on The Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

To build an app, you can purchase a cheap Chromebook, connect to an incredibly powerful array of supercomputers for next to no cost on AWS, and you can distribute your minimally viable product across large social networks like Linkedin and Facebook with just a key stroke. Thanks to Andrew Richter, BudBux, LLC ! #9-The

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US.

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