Life Beyond Code

MAY 17, 2010

Last week I was at Lake Cunningham in San Jose. Or, better yet, think about that next email that you were going to send. That email is a “means to the next something.&# Once you send that email, that is the end of your part. That email is a “means to the next something.&# Have a great week ahead.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Scayl -A slick way to email huge files, including HD Video. Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. VoiceBase - Transcription and search of voice communications (presentations, conference calls, etc.) TuneUp - iTunes plug-in that cleans up your music library. Steve Bennet. at 8:45 AM.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab). Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. The seminar course combined an internship at a start-up or venture firm with classroom learning and sharing of experiences.

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Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Randy Stross, a colleague of mine at San Jose State, wrote an interesting piece on the textbook business in his Sunday New York Times column, " First it Was Song Downloads. Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Of course, students could certainly take this in their own hands.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I started thinking about this yesterday when Jeff Fluhr, founder of Stub Hub spoke at my San Jose State class. Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Ive found that the opportunities we let pass often stick around longer than many that we do. Steve Bennet. at 5:28 PM.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Not totally surprising, some of the early backers of RCSM are professional poker players, who obviously know a bit about playing the odds. Im hoping this roll of the dice comes up 7s. Steve Bennet. at 11:11 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. If were successful, everyone wins. If were not, lets go down on the ship together and hopefully stay out of those lawyer (I mean shark) infested waters.". Steve Bennet. at 1:33 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. 3 comments: Marketing Services.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. I will be speaking on a related topic next week at an SVASE event in Palo Alto, " Founders vs. Investors - Are we all on the same page " Hope to see some of you there and promise I wont show up in my pajamas. Steve Bennet. at 11:15 AM.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. In fact, there are some members of both groups, as a number of angel groups have raised funds (that is an entire discussion that Ill leave for a future post). Steve Bennet. at 11:35 AM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Gust

AUGUST 8, 2012

Here’s where it really gets good: Of course I remember my own email and snail mail addresses, but my credit card is stowed along with my briefcase in the overhead compartment. Surely for Internet access they take PayPal or Google Wallet, which would solve this problem in about 30 seconds?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Long gone are the days where team members are forced to sift through countless emails to find that all-important document. The company’s early operations were based in Mountain View before it relocated to San Jose, San California in February, 2016. Sharing information with their entire team is easy, too.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. It took almost a decade from the initial investment, but in the end, worked out well for all involved. Come to think of it, this will help pay for those college tuition bills that will be coming. Steve Bennet. at 10:22 AM. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. While many people would have a hard time doing without a garbage disposal some municipalities have banned the use due to the impact to the water treatment systems. Steve Bennet. at 9:08 AM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Im going to continue to follow the paths of entrepreneurs turned VCs turned entrepreneurs again and see how it evolves. As an angel investor and start-up CFO, I should have a good vantage point. Steve Bennet. at 12:47 PM. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Im still a little sad at having to turn down an invitation to see Secretariat run at the Preakness, but it happened to fall on the same day as my brothers Bar Mitzvah. Steve Bennet. at 8:07 AM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Certainly there must be a temptation given the success to grow faster or target other segments, but Keiser is committed to staying true to the vision, and making sure everyone can get in 36 holes in a day.I Steve Bennet. at 12:00 PM. Newer Post.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Upon graduation, he knew he wanted to open a German brewery restaurant in California and the passion and determination drove a lot of the early success. Steve Bennet. at 7:40 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Maybe this is trying to say that once you reach a certain level in an organization, work becomes easy and boring and its time to leave and scratch that entrepreneurial itch. Ok, I admit it. After a couple of weeks off, I have now started another game.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Nope, the above quote isnt from Richard Dawson on Family Feud, but similar to a headline that caught my attention on the front page of the business section of the San Jose Mercury News this morning. Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Survey says VCs invest on Gut Instinct.

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Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. Email This BlogThis! I saw you also sent me an email and will respond to that regarding your business. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Saturday, May 30, 2009. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

According to todays San Jose Mercury , Davaran has been trying to break into the music business for the past three years and after the release of this YouTube hit, has started getting calls about new projects. Email This BlogThis! Labels: San Francisco Giants. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Im sure I lost all of you, but I feel better now having completed the analysis. I guess the moral is, make sure you know where the angel is touching you.ProfessorVCs office hours are now closed. See you next time. Steve Bennet. at 4:21 PM.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

I know there are at least a few of you as I received several emails this week along the lines of "no new posts since November???" My colleague, Anu Basu , Director of the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at San Jose State , recently completed a paper on this topic, "Does Experience Matter? Email This BlogThis!

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David Cohen

APRIL 1, 2018

Like when I did this in China in 2013 with Andrew , who is now 16, I wrote a daily email home and am just posting them all here chronologically with a few photos. two hours on the connection then on to San Jose, Costa Rica. We opened the curtains to our first view of the airport area near San Jose. We went to bed.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

Note (1): For those not familiar with the geography of the SF Bay Area, the city of San Francisco proper sits at the north end of a peninsula that stretches down to the smaller city of San Jose. Just a minor nitpicky point: San Jose is actually much larger than SF, in both population and land area. link] Chris G.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Related to this, I got an email from an entrepreneur this week interested in meeting with me. Unfortunately, I dont have time to take all of these requests, but always try and help where I can so offered to respond by email. Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Steve Bennet.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 16, 2004

For those of you who understand that selling IT software to enterprises is not easy, I thought you would enjoy this email from one of my portfolio companies regarding differentiation and “secret sauce.” We worked on the plan at San Jose airport last night, watching the behavior of customers for this exciting new product.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Email us: Bcast@Bplans.com. Tweet or email us with your answer. Tweet or email us your reply. Jonathan: If they wanted to email us, what would they email? If you want to email us a question, we can talk about it on the show, Bcast@Bplans.com. We do already have somebody who’s emailed us. Peter: You?

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dickey.xxx

DECEMBER 10, 2012

email protected]. I attended another Startup Weekend in San Jose shortly after the one in Seattle that helped me network with people. Even if you have to email them and meet individually: do it. Jeff Dickey. Let's grab a beer! How to attend a hackathon. December 9, 2012. networking. I haven't looked back since.

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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. As I think more about this, Andy may have a point. Perhaps a discussion worth having at your beach parties and barbecues this weekend. Enjoy the fireworks! Steve Bennet. at 3:51 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. 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. Steve Bennet. at 3:10 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Is $120M enough capital to reach these exit goals? I sure hope so, but well have to wait and see how the founding team and angels come out at the end of the day. Stay tuned. Steve Bennet. at 1:41 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. 2 comments: DMZ.

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. This reminds of a comment from the VP Engineering at one of my start-ups, who is a Brit with a dry sense of humor - "I used to teach at university, but then I realized I didnt like the students". Luckily, that isnt the case for me. Steve Bennet.

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Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. I wont spoil the end of the story, but wouldnt bet against the good guys.Now back to hunkering down and figuring out how to deal with the burn rates in the portfolio. Steve Bennet. at 11:07 AM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. 1 comment: DMZ.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A lot is based on how much money they are raising, terms being sought, entrepreneurs experience, stage and total funding required for the business. Im going to do some more thinking on this topic and write another post sometime in the near future.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Of course, if you are looking for a plumber, Angies list would be better. However, you never know, you might find a start-up that has a cool mobile app to fix your leaky faucet. Steve Bennet. at 11:54 AM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Email This BlogThis! I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Steve Bennet. at 1:20 PM. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: LinkedIn , M and A , seed investing. 5 comments: Anonymous said. Heard from another investor that the preferred guys did not make anything but their money back.

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