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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. However, each financing resets the clock as new investors are looking for a multiple of their investment on exit. The Real Paid PAID Vacation Policy. 3 hours ago. 5 hours ago.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley 12: The Rise of “Risk Capital.

Steve Blank

Terman arranged for a research assistantship to bring his former student, David Packard, back from a job at General Electric in New York to collaborate with William Hewlett, another of Terman’s graduate students. But the biggest innovation was the “carried interest” (called the “carry”.)