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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. His goal in building the company was to spend 3 years building value and find a good home for the engineers and product. Bootstrapping 101.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab). May 14, 2010 10:56 PM. Steve Bennet.

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ProfessorVC: Why didn't I think of that??

Professor VC

The NIF brings together students from all parts of the university (business, computer science, mechanical engineering, design, life science, etc.) This was a collaboration between students in industrial design, electrical engineering and business. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

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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ProfessorVC: Do you have a U.S. Strategy?

Professor VC

He believes that this transfer of manufacturing and engineering expertise out of the country will ultimately lead to less innovation. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► January. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Academically challenged

Professor VC

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". Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Luckily, that isnt the case for me.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Bootstrap Freemium Ventures?

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During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. However, how do you get to critical mass, and how do you finance the period during which this business runs on red ink? How much time do you budget for red ink financing? How long can you go without a salary?