genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

While Ive made at least my share of mistakes taking equity in lieu of pay, I continue to see this as a key part of my business model. San Jose Mercury News: Maker Faire Mixes Business With Wackiness. NPR Marketplace: Businesses save off green incentives. AOL, Tech Crunch and What Selling Your Business Means.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

In our Business Incubator series of interviews, we have invited many leaders from the industry to come share their best practices and challenges with us. We have also facilitated open discussions on Why Do Business Incubators Fail and Incubator Business Models , which turned out to be animated, active and extremely constructive discussions.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

There are so many unknowns at this stage and the only known is that the business model is going to change at least once, or in the current most overused term in the Silicon Valley, there will be a "pivot". I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. work at home. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

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.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

This whole process got me thinking about the textbook business model. Both good steps, but competition, more choices (including online, subscription, rental and other new models) will do more than regulation. Labels: business models , Grateful Dead , textbook. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

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.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. Irit, however, needs to think through some of the details of the business model, pricing model, and positioning. One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

With that in mind, I created a new course at San Jose State last year, the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab). 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.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

Black people will not be “tokenized” by Silicon Valley as a solution to diversity in tech or allow Silicon Valley VCs restrain us through permissioned innovation telling us to peddle razor blade subscription packages as a business model. Instead, we African-Americans are going to rise up like we always do and overcome and win.

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Software Review XML 54

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

This got me thinking about the business model that Mike Keiser has built at the resort and a lecture began to form in my head. cant wait to go back, which is clearly goal #1 in the list of critical success factors if anyone is still following the business model tangent. Labels: Bandon Dunes , business models , golf.

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Oregon San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I started thinking about this yesterday when Jeff Fluhr, founder of Stub Hub spoke at my San Jose State class. I first met Jeff about 8 years ago when he was finishing his first year at the Stanford GSB and was beginning to raise money for a business plan he developed for a secondary market ticket exchange.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

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.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Many entrepreneurial programs feature a business plan competition, which is a great exercise. At SJSU, we also have a business plan competition in the spring, which ideally allows the students to build a viable business model around their NIF projects. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

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.

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Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

BeyondVC

APRIL 16, 2004

We worked on the plan at San Jose airport last night, watching the behavior of customers for this exciting new product. The post Great business model appeared first on BeyondVC. As such, we’ve decided that our company needs a dramatic shift and we have found the answer. with my $3.60 outside a grocery store!

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Business Model San Jose Fiji Germany 60

Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

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.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

In addition to the case study analysis, the students also have the opportunity to develop a business model and financial model for a new concept, which always proves a lot more challenging. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

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.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

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.

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San Jose Technical Review Norway Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

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.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. 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.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

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.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley 28

Professor VC

OCTOBER 26, 2010

According to todays San Jose Mercury , Davaran has been trying to break into the music business for the past three years and after the release of this YouTube hit, has started getting calls about new projects. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Was that awesome or what?

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. Brian: One of my favorite things is when the books arrive from the printer, and when I get our overprint and my copies, there’s something just amazing cutting open the first case of books, and opening it and smelling the smell of the printed page.

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Small Business Email Startup Aggregator 60

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. 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.

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San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

My colleague, Anu Basu , Director of the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at San Jose State , recently completed a paper on this topic, "Does Experience Matter? 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

AUGUST 26, 2011

Is the model consistent with the business plan? Does the business model make sense? Do you understand the business and market? The process of building the model forces you to answer the difficult questions related to the business model and give a complete picture of the opportunity.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital 35

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

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.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

BeyondVC

MARCH 31, 2004

The business model was to be an “arms merchant” to all of the major search engines like AOL and Yahoo. As Jim Pitkow, co-founder of Outride says in a San Jose Mercury News article : “That’s good because the search engine doesn’t have to try hard to infer anything from the user’s behavior.

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Search Java San Jose Cofounder 60

Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

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.

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Angel Investor Due Diligence San Jose Silicon Valley 35

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

How passionate are the entrepreneurs about their business? Does the business model pass the smell test? 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.

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Angel Groups San Jose Early Stage Angel Investor 28

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In this case, LinkedIn was the only logical one that came to mind and didn’t see a viable business model short of that result. 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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dickey.xxx

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I attended another Startup Weekend in San Jose shortly after the one in Seattle that helped me network with people. Even if you don't code/design, you can work on building a business model, pitch deck, website copy, etc. I haven't looked back since. I also wouldn't be in the bay. Who can attend a hackathon.

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San Jose Seattle PHP Networking 46

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

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.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital 31

Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

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.

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San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Burn Rate 28

Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

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.

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