Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

The burn rates of my portfolio companies is certainly top of mind right now, but thats not what this post is about. Well, our VP Operations at Fliqz, Daniel Marcus , dabbles in creating writing and music when not managing our data center. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

Burn Rate 28

Burn Rate Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 36

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

It seems appropriate to have this discussion as Kent Desormeaux grabs Big Browns reins and goes after the Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont.There is an age old debate in the venture business on whether it is better to bet on the horse (business/market) or the jockey (management team/founders). A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Norway Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Term Sheet 32

Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

APRIL 11, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Balance Sheet 28

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Manage seasonal demand through pricing - Weather on the Oregon coast can range from gorgeous to downright nasty and can change from one of the other in a matter of minutes. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1).

Oregon 28

Oregon San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 31

San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31

Professor VC

JULY 31, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Software Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

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. The US Fed has in essence held interest rates at zero for years and has undertaken quantitative easing to stimulate the economy. They had no such motive and no such power. Even Sequoia.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

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 Monetization. Advertising isn't cool.").

API 44

API Valuation Lean Burn Rate 44

Hearpreneur

JULY 7, 2019

To build an app, you can purchase a cheap Chromebook, connect to an incredibly powerful array of supercomputers for next to no cost on AWS, and you can distribute your minimally viable product across large social networks like Linkedin and Facebook with just a key stroke. 10- Solopreneurs will join other progressive businesses.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Distribution Employee Arizona 95

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Silicon Valley 31

Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital 31

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Angel Investor 35

Angel Investor Due Diligence San Jose Silicon Valley 35

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Burn Rate 28

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Silicon Valley 35

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Angel Groups 28

Angel Groups San Jose Early Stage Angel Investor 28

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose San Francisco Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

It’s a pain to manage payroll, unemployment, insurance, etc in one state. It’s a freaking nightmare to manage in three states (well, two states and a district), even though we paid a payroll service to take care of it. Nearly everyone thinks they can give good management tips. Lots of lessons here! Author: Tom Ashbrook.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

I am no longer an insider, so dont have any view into current financials, but do know that total financing is now 10X the original plan and at the current accelerating growth rate, revenues will still not hit that $185M until 2012 or 2013, so double the time. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

MAY 30, 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Acquisition 31

Acquisition San Jose Angel Investor IPO 31

Professor VC

JANUARY 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Venture Capital 28

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.

Social Network 28

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Didnt get the chance to ask him if managed to visit Berkeley while he was in town and see the 52-7 whupping that the Buffs took at the hands of Cal. 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"?

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. And Social. My deal got dragged out and eventually never happened. tl;dr summary. VCs were very active in this period.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

San Jose 33

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Mezzanine 33

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. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due.

Silicon Valley 28

Silicon Valley San Jose America Angel Investor 28