Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ▼ January. (1). ► May.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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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. Steve Bennet. at 10:22 AM. Newer Post.

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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

MAY 29, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Manija Ansari is an undergraduate business student (currently in my Entrepreneurial Finance course), working on a social entreprenurial venture. 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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Huge funding increases lead to massive wage inflation, rent inflation and thus higher burn rates. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. Even Sequoia.

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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. ► January. (1).

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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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"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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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"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Guess its not only the students who procrastinate.

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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"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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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"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. ► January. (1). ► May.

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Seeing Both Sides

MARCH 2, 2011

The students concluded that the context around a venture matters tremendously - that smart phones, the explosion of apps and social networking all were important enablers that allowed foursquare to succeed at this particular moment in time. Modest burn : the company only raised $1.35 Advertising isn't cool.").

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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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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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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. Steve Bennet. at 3:15 PM. Email This BlogThis!

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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. Steve Bennet. at 1:42 PM. Email This BlogThis!

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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"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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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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Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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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"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. I wanted to see if we could setup a brief call with you to discuss our business.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Finances were just one part of the story. One of them is clearly significant outside financing, which we’d explicitly chosen to do without. Title: Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, Backfence was unable to sustain itself long enough to reach that point.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Bump.com is a social network based on license plate numbers as the identifier. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Computing will be an order of magnitude more mobile 10 years from now, changing the way applications are delivered and the way we interact with our real social networks. And Social. We need some visibility.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? 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. ► January. (1). ► May.

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