ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. How do you find co-founders who are willing to work for 18 months without getting paid? One of the discussions that ensued was about how to bootstrap a freemium venture. How long can you go without a salary?

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Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 124

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 10, 2010

The best place to do networking is in the Silicon Valley area because we have the best, brightest people around. Here are my observations of people trying to start up: Finding co-founders is harder than you think, there’s a reason why there are events just for finding co-founders. Yep, the best hands down.

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San Jose San Francisco Silicon Valley Cofounder 58

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. Also, if it turns out he neglected his girlfriend too much while starting up the company, hell certainly have the opportunity to meet plenty of co-eds as he hands out flyers for the site on campus. Saturday, May 30, 2009.

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San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping 28

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!) ► January. (1).

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet 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.

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Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? ) Just a minor nitpicky point: San Jose is actually much larger than SF, in both population and land area.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

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 also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Bump - These guys got my vote for the Peoples Choice. ► January. (1). ▼ 2010.

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Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38