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Steve Bennet

Steve Bennet

Give 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, 2017

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Talented Entrepreneurs

Jan 18, 2017

Steve Bennet

Portrait of an Artist

In 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, 2016

Portrait of an Artist

Jul 19, 2016

Steve Bennet

So 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, 2016

So You Wanna be a VC?

Jun 6, 2016

Steve Bennet

Does Elon Musk + Peter Thiel = 3 or 1.5

I’ve written previously (here and here) about the issues with private companies merging in an acquihire or other downside scenario (i.e…

Dec 8, 2015

Does Elon Musk + Peter Thiel = 3 or 1.5

Dec 8, 2015

Steve Bennet

Democratization of Angel Investing

I received an announcement from FundersClub this week announcing their 3rd Anniversary since launching the crowdfunding platform for angel…

Sep 3, 2015

Democratization of Angel Investing

Sep 3, 2015

Steve Bennet

Do Angel Groups Belong in Heaven or Hell?

“You analyze me, pretend to despise me,

Jul 7, 2015

Do Angel Groups Belong in Heaven or Hell?

Jul 7, 2015

Steve Bennet

Please 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, 2015

Please Don’t Celebrate Failure!

Jun 3, 2015

Steve Bennet

It 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, 2015

It might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high!

Apr 2, 2015

Steve Bennet

Is 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, 2015

Mar 31, 2015

Steve Bennet

Why I Hate Convertible Debt…Let Me Count the Ways

I 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, 2011

Why I Hate Convertible Debt…Let Me Count the Ways

Apr 7, 2011

Steve Bennet

Steve Bennet

Startup CFO, Angel Investor, Professor. Fan of SF Giants, SJ Sharks, Cal Bears. Golfer/Skier. Passionate about education + entrepreneurship. Penn/UCLA grad

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