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Silicon Valley: Ground Zero for The Deal

By Ron Conway Mike Maples Jr. - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Don't live in Silicon Valley? If you're serious about business, you'd better pack your bags.  The local ecosystem of ideas, entrepreneurship, and venture is so powerful, says investors Ron Conway and Mike Maples, that no other region can even come close, and that it pays to move here because every advantage counts.

Course Index

  1. Flying with Angel Investors
  2. A Match Made in Heaven? Your Angel Investor and You
  3. What Does an Angel Investor Do?
  4. Attrition Rates for Potential Investors
  5. Investors Assess Failure and Success
  6. An Angel Investor's Strategic Advice for the Start-Up
  7. Transitioning from an Angel to a VC
  8. Silicon Valley: Ground Zero for The Deal
  9. The Overfunded Start-Up?
  10. Becoming an Angel Investor
  11. Balancing Team, Idea, and Market