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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). ► January. (1). ► 2010. (7).

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

Professor VC

Here are a few of the budding entrepreneurs that I chatted with at the event: Jeff Gibboney, a graduate mechanical engineering student, developed a battery operated skateboard for cruising to school or work. Alans concept is a foot pedal operated sink (to save water) that automatically separates compostable and other waste.

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ProfessorVC: Is it the Horse or Jockey?

Professor VC

The 6-year firm survival rate was 60% for dead founders and 61% for live founders, while the average Operating Return on Assets was 6% for dead founders vs. 8% for live founders, but neither are statistically significant (Hvilde 15). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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ProfessorVC: Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Professor VC

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

Professor VC

Never one to propose popular or easy plans, Andy suggests rebuilding our industrial infrastructure and employment through financial incentives and taxing products of offshore labor and using the proceeds to incent companies to scale their American operations. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

Professor VC

Well, our VP Operations at Fliqz, Daniel Marcus , dabbles in creating writing and music when not managing our data center. Very near and dear to my heart for many reasons besides the math, owner/operator/vc wrangling, and one of the main characters lives in Pacifica like me. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Episode 3: A Startup Comic Book Company, How to Find a Mentor, and #BigData – The Bcast

Up and Running

He’s also the chief operating officer of Raidious. Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. At least it wasn’t for me, and people in my social network. ” It’s an interview with Brian, who’s the head of Robot Paper, founder of Robot Paper. That ink smell.