Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Kennet has a white paper on that summarizes why bootstrapped businesses are the best. In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 17, 2010

This is the eighth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: What happens if an LP wants to exit a VC fund? What are their rights? Share and Enjoy:

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Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2010

It’s that time of the year again– time to send out audited financial statements and K-1’s to your limited partners– which means it’s also a great time to address some of the common questions that investors raise about VC partnership governance and disclosure issues. entitled to receive from a VC fund?

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Pascal's View

JUNE 11, 2009

There is plenty of ink flowing with speculation on the future of the venture capital industry. Phil Wickham , CEO of the Kauffman Fellows Program , has a constructive perspective on this topic, which he expressed in his CEO recap in the Kauffman Fellows Program eBulletin that was published on June 2. ” Share and Enjoy:

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Pascal's View

MARCH 15, 2010

This is the sixth in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: You had some thoughts about contract terms.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 19, 2010

This is the last in our series of 10 frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Susan Mangiero , CEO of Investment Governance’s Fiduciary X , asked me the following: Question: I’ve read that some GPs are suing LPs for not making capital calls.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Below is a definition of the rule, taken from the white paper, “A Simple Guide to the Basic Responsibilities of VC-Backed Company Directors” , written by the Working Group on Director Accountability and Board Effectiveness : Business Judgment Rule.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 4, 2009

speak with legislators and government agency representatives about the need for. Without new approaches to collaboration among government institutions, corporations, universities, and venture capitalists, U.S. venture capital, and new commitments by private investors to funding of. I’ve been to Washington, D.C.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 28, 2009

  Both the Government and the private. failure of this country’s regulatory oversight of the capital markets has been. SEC’s failure to enforce a whole body of regulation governing the now largely. been exposed succinctly in the white paper “Why are IPOs in the ICU”. be resolved.   We should not forget.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Yet, we were not successful in reaching our ultimate goal of raising what we needed in our time-frame to execute further on our venture. We tried, and opted out of, potentials for pivots; we pitched for game-changing partners and acquisitions that did not ultimately convert. I see a TON of conscious capital opportunity in there, too.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. They key is whether you can rest assured that the general partner who is responsible for managing your investment is honoring the trust that you have placed in that manager.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Plus, it becomes a lot easier to do licensing deals with universities and business partners—no one else is. Most of the "me-too" companies with inferior products and weak business models go out of business, and fewer are started. Lower costs.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

If you are interested in learning more about the Bessemer 10 Laws of SaaS, you can listen to the webminar we did earlier this week with Salesforce by clicking on the picture below: You can also download the full white paper on the SaaS section of the Bessemer website or browse quickly through the slides on slidehsare. at 11:09 AM.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It would be the biggest investment from the federal government in research and development since the end of the Cold War, and a lot of that would be in clean energy technology. To form a digital development fund to coordinate the R&D and the distribution pathways with our like-minded partners. In part it wasn’t a pay thing.

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Pascal's View

MAY 10, 2009

  Democrats seem to lack the decisiveness, clarity of vision, and toughness necessary to govern.  .  Republicans act like rabid attack dogs in and out of power and treat facts like trash.    This tableau of domestic political stalemate begs for new leadership. 

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