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Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why startups succeed | Talk Video | TED.com

Jun

2015

Bill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others — and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people’s, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others ...

The Top Ten VC Blogs To Follow

Apr

2012

Every so often, venture capitalist Larry Cheng puts out a list of the top VC blogs. Previously, he ranked the blogs by how many subscribers they have on Google Reader. But now he’s changed his methodology and is ranking them by average monthly unique visitors, based on Compete data. He just came out with his ...

Berkonomics; Business Insights from Dave Berkus – Past Chairman of the Tech Coast Angels

Apr

2012

Blog with lots of focused advice for entrepreneurs from Dave Berkus, a noted speaker, author and early stage private equity investor. He is acknowledged as one of the most active angel investors in the country, having made and actively participated in over 87 technology investments during the past decade. He currently manages two angel VC funds ...

2X Entrepreneur Turned Venture Capitalist

Sep

2011

The short version about the author, Mark Suster: Grew up in NorCal Graduate of UCSD (economics) and University of Chicago (MBA) First job: programmer at Accenture Startups: BuildOnline (sold to publicly traded French company) and Koral (sold to Salesforce.com) Now: Partner at GRP Partners, the largest venture capital firm in Southern California Current Investments / Boards: RingRevenue, GumGum, Adly, Burstly, Pose & TextPlus Angel ...

Emerging Enterprise Center Blog : Boston Startup Lawyer & Attorney : Foley Hoag Law Firm : Startup Financing, Venture Capital

Jul

2009

This Blog covers a wide range of topics in technology companies, including issues facing startups, financed companies, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a whole. It has legal discussions about seeking out funding, growing your business, convertible notes, options and restricted stock, 83b, deal terms and more.

Video Library – Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Jul

2009

The Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum is a San Francisco Bay Area institution. It’s monthly meetings during the school year have great presenters, and bring together bay area VCs, angels and entrepreneurs in an entrepreneur friendly environment.

The Startup MBA – Venture Hacks

May

2009

Here is list of startup blogs written by people who teach and practice, so the advice is practical. Nineteen blogs are mentioned with links to each.

Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur: Dermot Berkery

Dec

2008

Using informative case studies, detailed charts, and term sheet exercises, Raising Venture Capital for the Serious Entrepreneur discusses the basic principles of the venture capital method, strategies for raising capital, methods of valuing the early-stage venture, and proven techniques for negotiating the deal. The author leads you step-by-step through: * Developing a Financing Map * ...

Term Sheets & Valuations – A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations (Bigwig Briefs): Alex Wilmerding

Dec

2008

Term Sheets & Valuations is the first ever in-depth look at the nuts and buts of terms sheets and valuations. The book, written by leading venture capitalist Alexander Wilmerding of Boston Capital Ventures, covers topics such What is a Term Sheet, How to Examine a Term Sheet, A Section-by-Section View of a Term Sheet, Valuations, ...