Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. Labels: Angel Investors , fundraising , term sheets , venture capital , venture financing. Are DEMO's days numbered? Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

However, the NIF forces the students to focus on their idea and ability to communicate its need, kind of like the Demo conference is all about the product. Manija Ansari is an undergraduate business student (currently in my Entrepreneurial Finance course), working on a social entreprenurial venture. Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. Labels: CFO , home security , M and A , venture capital , venture financing. Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The spring semester of my Entrepreneurial Finance class starts tomorrow. We will also look at a variety of financing methods including venture capital, angel investing, licensing, franchising, roll-up, venture debt and my old favorite, bootstrapping. Labels: entrepreneur , entrepreneurial finance course , venture capital.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

As I mentioned in the previous post, Jeff Fluhr (founder of StubHub) recently stopped by my Entrepreneurial Finance class to share his 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship with the students. He raised less financing than originally planned but was able to launch the site and was running a business by the time his classmates graduated 9 months later.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

They need to have a place where they can gain an understanding of their different options for financing the venture, how to determine exactly what is needed in the marketplace, how to negotiate, how to read contracts, the role of technology, how to write a business plan, understand what your ratios are saying. . Are DEMO's days numbered?

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

I am not sure how this relates to venture finance or entrepreneurship, but Im sure Ill find some connection along the way. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

I actually enjoy the process of pulling together a selection of materials to create a complete course on Entrepreneurial Finance. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► 2010. (7).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

However, I was glad to see they were able to raise financing and launch the service. Steve, I was pleasantly surprised to find your blog when researching startup financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? February 15, 2008 2:08 PM.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. I was baffled. It was 2007.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

Very enthusiastic about the potential for the NY tech ecosystem, leveraging our strength in finance. Planning demo day July 22, and a Big Data day in the fall. The trick is delivering business insights over this channel: use social networks to support relationship management. Introductory remarks. Maria Gotsch.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

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. ProfessorVC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Trust doesn’t come from one 45-minute Powerpoint pitch or 30-minute demo. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. This is a demo + a high-level deck. Create scarcity.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

SparkLabs , an accelerator program in South Korea that is bringing a Silicon Valley-like approach to the Asian country’s startup ecosystem, showcased its second batch of startups to investors at Demo Day today. Here are the eight companies that presented at SparkLabs’ latest Demo Day: DesignplusD (Productivity).

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing. ProfessorVC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. There are moments like being on stage when your demo crashes, reading about your competitors raising a ton of cash or having one of your top team members resign that test your will. I was baffled. It was 2007.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. Labels: entrepreneurial finance , financial analysis , venture capital. Are DEMO's days numbered? at 3:15 PM.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

A Comparison Between Novice and Serial Entrepreneurs" Her research shows that there is a positive correlation between prior founding experience and new venture performance due to stronger and more diverse social networks, access to capital, reliance on collaborators and other factors. Are DEMO's days numbered? Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The search for a world series ticket brought up some more thoughts about entrepreneurial finance. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The fall semester at SJSU started this week and had the first class meeting of my Entrepreneurial Finance class, which was overflowing with students standing, sitting on the floor and begging to get in. We recently led a financing for AppBistro , that had a great group of investors committed, including Dave McClure and Alfred Lin.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Check out this quick demo video to get an idea of Optimizely’s services, which range from $19 to $399 per month: 2. Check out the demo video below to see the interface in action. Check out Genetify’s live demo to see how it works in practice. Heavy-Coding-Required A/B Testing Resources 1.

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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. Social gaming was naturally one of the key topics, covered in many presentations. Kudos to John for an excellent pitch.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

The protagonist, Ross Williamson, is struggling to finance his company and hang on to his team during the process. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► January. (1).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

The latest statistics from VentureSource show 554 financings in Q4, down from 620 in Q3 and 718 in Q4 2007. On that front, I take pride in the second headline with news that Fliqz , where I am CFO, just closed on $6 million in Series C financing. Labels: bootstrapping , CFO , Fliqz , venture capital , venture financing.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We have invested a combination of ~$20K in founder financing and ~$200k in vendor financing. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

One Codebase, Endless Possibilities: Real HTML5 Hacking — [link] [link] joemccann Blatant self promotion: If you’re coming to SXSWi I’ll be giving a talk with demos using Phonegap, Titanium and other HTML5 tools to build cross-platform applications from a single codebase.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Are DEMO's days numbered? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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