Steve BennetGive Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Talented Entrepreneurs“Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the…Jan 18, 2017Jan 18, 2017
Steve BennetPortrait of an ArtistIn my professor role, many of my students look up to me (rightly or wrongly) as a teacher, mentor, advisor, confidante, and friend. I’m not…Jul 19, 20162Jul 19, 20162
Steve BennetSo You Wanna be a VC?“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold. A circle is round, it has no end. That’s how long, I will be your…Jun 6, 2016Jun 6, 2016
Steve BennetDoes Elon Musk + Peter Thiel = 3 or 1.5I’ve written previously (here and here) about the issues with private companies merging in an acquihire or other downside scenario (i.e…Dec 8, 2015Dec 8, 2015
Steve BennetDemocratization of Angel InvestingI received an announcement from FundersClub this week announcing their 3rd Anniversary since launching the crowdfunding platform for angel…Sep 3, 2015Sep 3, 2015
Steve BennetDo Angel Groups Belong in Heaven or Hell?“You analyze me, pretend to despise me,Jul 7, 2015Jul 7, 2015
Steve BennetPlease Don’t Celebrate Failure!Silicon Valley and the venture capital industry were built on taking risks and making big bets on technology, teams, and markets. It’s…Jun 3, 20152Jun 3, 20152
Steve BennetIt might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high!The above was the opening salvo of a controversial tweetstorm yesterday by my former student and 500 Startups founding partner, Dave…Apr 2, 2015Apr 2, 2015
Steve BennetIs the Unicorn Endangered or Extinct?Before diving in to the topic at hand, I realize Professor VC has been gone for a long time. Although I don’t blog for the sake of blogging…Mar 31, 2015Mar 31, 2015
Steve BennetWhy I Hate Convertible Debt…Let Me Count the WaysI just read Bryce Roberts recent post, “A Cap is not a Valuation”, in which he argues that “Caps are not valuations, they are aspirational…Apr 7, 2011Apr 7, 2011