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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ▼ January. (1).

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ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

Professor VC

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. The Feld Technologies Professional Services Agreement.

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Startup Weekend makes a pitstop in San Jose

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Last weekend in the heart of San Jose, over 100 people gathered at PayPal for Startup Weekend. 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!),

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

Professor VC

During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. After a successful career in a technology leader (Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, etc.) Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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

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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. Discuss.

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

Professor VC

This team had a working prototype of the first solar powered wetsuit using nano-solar technology. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Some of the most popular projects from this years NIF were: I.C.E.

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Best Lady Gaga concert (& tech) experience

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Here is my attempt to intertwine my two favorite topics - Lady Gaga and technology. 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. Best night ever!