Networking, San Jose and Social Network

The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2012

Located in both San Francisco and San Jose (and soon to be Las Vegas), Citizen Space bills itself as simply, “a nicer place to work.” This coworking space is a pet-friendly hybrid of a social coffee shop and productive work place that’s affordable for independent workers. Citizen Space.

San Francisco

San Francisco Las Vegas Seattle Phoenix

First (and not last) time at iOSDevCamp 2011

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JULY 18, 2011

The hackathon follows a similar format of a Startup Weekend, Friday night – networking, idea pitches, some teams form, Saturday – teams done forming, hack hack hack, and Sunday - hack, submit, present your hack. Before the weekend, all the attendees can create profiles on CrowdVine.com, a social network for events.

San Jose

San Jose API Coder Ruby

Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

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.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup

ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Bootstrapping 101. ► January. (1).

Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Angel Investor

ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

SEC

SEC San Jose Angel Investor Accredited Investor

ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

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).

San Jose

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital

ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Technical Review

Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor

ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

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. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

San Jose

San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor

ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ▼ January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Technical Review

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose

ProfessorVC: What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

The ACA is an interesting organization and is providing support in a number of ways to its member angel groups, from public policy, networking, sydnication, and best practices. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Accredited Investor

ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

Professor VC

JULY 31, 2008

Randy Stross, a colleague of mine at San Jose State, wrote an interesting piece on the textbook business in his Sunday New York Times column, " First it Was Song Downloads. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.

San Jose

San Jose Software Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley

ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Babys All Grown Up. We ended up raising $15.5M, led by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins.

San Jose

San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Balance Sheet

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Bootstrap Freemium Ventures?

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 4, 2011

During this week's roundtable, we had Inoh Choe from San Jose, California, pitch DemoTunes, a freemium concept. Also, Irit Dabby from Tel-Aviv, Israel, discussed GoodyTag , a neat concept about tagging photos of products differently than you would tag or 'like' a regular link or photo on social media.

Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping San Jose Entrepreneur Silicon Valley

Startup Weekend makes a pitstop in San Jose

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

MAY 6, 2010

Last weekend in the heart of San Jose, over 100 people gathered at PayPal for Startup Weekend. network like crazy. Tags: Business Fun Social Networking Technology. What startup would you create in 54 hours if you were thrown into a room with a small group of people? For $100 or less (discounts!),

San Jose

San Jose Startup Social Network Networking

ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

San Jose

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation

ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ▼ 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Term Sheet

Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital

ProfessorVC: Is the Grass Really Greener on the Dark Side?

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

San Jose

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Venture Capital

ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Technical Review

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley

ProfessorVC: Is it the Horse or Jockey?

Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

San Jose

San Jose Technical Review Norway Angel Investor

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

Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor

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

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Someone tweeted out of San Jose, they did a really amazing review of the book. It depends on where you live, but every community has a Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce organizations typically do networking events. Some of them have young professional networking events. That ink smell.

Small Business

Small Business Email Startup Aggregator

ProfessorVC: Man Camp

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Oregon

Oregon San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley

My observations of people starting up

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. Networking events happen every day of the week and are mostly in the Palo Alto/Mountain View area and San Francisco, sorry San Jose folks, you have to make the trek up north, but it’s worth it!

San Jose

San Jose San Francisco Silicon Valley Cofounder

Best Lady Gaga concert (& tech) experience

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

AUGUST 24, 2010

Earlier this month, San Jose was graced with Ms. If you go to YouTube the night of the concert (search “lady gaga san jose concert 2010″), you can re-live the concert through someone else’s lens. Tags: Social Networking Technology. Gaga’s presence two nights in a row. Best night ever!

San Jose

San Jose Social Network Mobile Video

ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Pre-Money Valuation

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation

ProfessorVC: Brickbreaker - Mindless Amusement or Viscious.

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

San Jose

San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Silicon Valley

OpenID, One Year Later - Blog – Stack Overflow

blog.stackoverflow.com

APRIL 20, 2010

That’s a major bummer for site networks like us with multiple domains. You’ll still have to log in, of course, but the login itself could trigger account association for every site in the network. with social networks websites are the new web internet there is nothing like the OpenID ideal solution for the new web.

Technical Review

Technical Review XML Matching Email

Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence 2010 awards dinner

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

APRIL 15, 2010

The San Jose Business Journal vetted out nominations down to 100 women in the San Jose area who have influenced other women and their community. The evening included a networking cocktail reception, dinner, awards of course, then dessert. I wish that there were more folks to meet during the networking hour.

San Jose

San Jose Silicon Valley Social Network Networking

Why I love living in the Silicon Valley area

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JANUARY 15, 2010

Let’s talk about the cons of San Francisco Bay area: Expensive housing. Besides San Francisco, very spread out, made up of many cities like Mountain View, San Jose, Palo Alto, etc. I suggest that you network with your peers and consider switching companies sometime in your career. Just kidding.

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley San Francisco Southern California San Jose

ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. 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?

San Jose

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor

ProfessorVC: Can you start a company on $10K?

Professor VC

MAY 30, 2009

We held our annual business plan competition at San Jose State this month and first prize was $10,000. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Saturday, May 30, 2009. Can you start a company on $10K?

San Jose

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Bootstrapping

ProfessorVC: Don't Stop Believin'

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. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Was that awesome or what?

San Jose

San Jose San Francisco Angel Investor Silicon Valley

ProfessorVC: Who does this ProfessorVC think he is?

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital

ProfessorVC: Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine

Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Due Diligence San Jose Silicon Valley

ProfessorVC: Academically challenged

Professor VC

MAY 6, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

San Jose

San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley Burn Rate

ProfessorVC: Waah.Do I have to build a financial model?

Professor VC

AUGUST 26, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley San Jose Hockey Stick Venture Capital

ProfessorVC: CFO's - More Guardian, Less Angel?

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Angel Groups

Angel Groups San Jose Early Stage Angel Investor

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

Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ▼ 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ▼ July. (1).

San Jose

San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor

ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Monday, June 20, 2011. How much is enough?

San Jose

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital

ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

Professor VC

JULY 22, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Burn Rate

Burn Rate Silicon Valley San Jose Angel Investor

ProfessorVC: A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Acquisition

Acquisition San Jose Angel Investor IPO

ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ► September. (2). ► July. (1).

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping

ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal. ► January. (1). How Much Diligence is Due. ▼ 2010. (7). ► October. (2). ▼ September. (2). ► July. (1).

Angel Investor

Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Venture Capital

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

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

Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose

The 20 Coolest CoWorking Spaces In The U.S.

First (and not last) time at iOSDevCamp 2011

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Urbanization of Startups ? AGILEVC

ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

ProfessorVC: Card Counting for Investors

ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

ProfessorVC: What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

ProfessorVC: Where did Summer Go?

ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Bootstrap Freemium Ventures?

Startup Weekend makes a pitstop in San Jose

ProfessorVC: Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways

ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

ProfessorVC: Is the Grass Really Greener on the Dark Side?

ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

ProfessorVC: Is it the Horse or Jockey?

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

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

ProfessorVC: Man Camp

My observations of people starting up

Best Lady Gaga concert (& tech) experience

ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

ProfessorVC: Brickbreaker - Mindless Amusement or Viscious.

OpenID, One Year Later - Blog – Stack Overflow

Silicon Valley’s Women of Influence 2010 awards dinner

Why I love living in the Silicon Valley area

ProfessorVC: Would a Dart Board Provide better VC Returns?

ProfessorVC: Can you start a company on $10K?

ProfessorVC: Don't Stop Believin'

ProfessorVC: Who does this ProfessorVC think he is?

ProfessorVC: Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine

ProfessorVC: Academically challenged

ProfessorVC: Waah.Do I have to build a financial model?

ProfessorVC: CFO's - More Guardian, Less Angel?

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

ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

ProfessorVC: Burn Rate

ProfessorVC: A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal

ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

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

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