By Ralph Patterson, on July 5th, 2011 Some say there is a valuation bubble in Silicon Valley. While there are some inflated valuations, I see no evidence of anything approaching a bubble, and in fact the average for Series A investments is about where it has been for the last few years. . . . → Read More: A Bubble in Valuations?
By Ralph Patterson, on May 24th, 2011 I’ve never met a stupid entrepreneur.
But being smart does not make an entrepreneur foolproof. And I’m talking foolish mistakes here — not the disasters I describe in earlier posts in this series of 13 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make, (Click on the Mistakes tab at the top of this page, then click on the 13 Mistakes . . . → Read More: Thirteen Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make: #13 — The Dumbest Mistake
By Ralph Patterson, on April 1st, 2011 BAE Workshop will invest $5,000 or more in each start-up admitted to our Workshop . . . → Read More: BAE Workshop Introduces BAE Investments
By Ralph Patterson, on March 25th, 2011 A CEO blew the chance for a Billion Dollar company by irrationality and sloppy business practices . . . → Read More: 13 Mistakes Entreprenures Make: #12 — Blowing A Billion
By Ralph Patterson, on September 30th, 2010 Top-Down Numbers Show You Haven’t Thought About Your Business . . . → Read More: 13 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make: # 11 — Top-Down Numbers
By Ralph Patterson, on September 21st, 2010 Business Plans are not important but planning the business is key to survival . . . → Read More: 13 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make: #10 — Who Needs a Business Plan?
By Ralph Patterson, on August 26th, 2010
By Ralph Patterson, on August 24th, 2010 Seriously, think.
Less than 1% of entrepreneurs get funded. Check out the statistics on our blog here and a discussion of the statistics here. So who does get funded? Frequently it’s entrepreneurs who have gotten funding in the past, often from the same VCs. So where does that leave you? If you’re not in . . . → Read More: Think You’re Going to Get Funded? Think Again
By Ralph Patterson, on August 12th, 2010 The Role of Experience — Make Sure You Want What You Ask For . . . → Read More: The Role of Experience
By Ralph Patterson, on August 10th, 2010
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