Entrepreneurship Education: What DO B-Schools Teach About Venture Capital?

In case you thought otherwise based on the two recent discussions, What B-Schools Don’t Teach You About Venture Capital and Why B-Schools Set Up Entrepreneurs To Fail, I actually strongly believe that financing strategy is a very important piece of entrepreneurship education. Venture Capital MUST be taught at B-schools and even engineering schools trying to build E-programs.

So let me open this discussion up and pose the question: what DO B-schools and E-programs teach about venture capital? And I hope this can also stimulate a related discussion around what SHOULD be taught in a course on financing.

Forbes Column 2010: What B-Schools Don’t Teach You About Venture Capital

Don’t take VC money before you’ve established your business. Find out why in this week’s Forbes column, What B-Schools Don’t Teach You About Venture Capital.

How To Get a 20 Million Dollar Pre-Money Valuation for Series A: Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot (Part 2)

SM: How long did it take you to build and flip BeeLine, and what did you do after that?

CC: It took about 18 months. Even to this day I’ll look over at a stoplight and see one of our maps, which is very satisfying. A month after we sold BeeLine we had a party to celebrate, and I ran into a friend from business school. He told me about an opening at a venture capitalist firm he was with and convinced me to join him at this firm, which was called Softbank Venture Capital. >>>

Next Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs on Thursday, March 11

Sramana Mitra is offering this free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture.  Up to 1,000 people can attend, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas.  All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a live chat.  This hour-long session will begin at 8am PST/11am EST/9:30pm IST. 

You can find more details and register here.

Please join us.  All are welcome!

Roundtable Starting In 30 Minutes

Today’s roundtable is starting in 30 minutes, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. Click here to join in.

How To Get a 20 Million Dollar Pre-Money Valuation for Series A: Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot (Part 1)

Christian Chabot is CEO and co-founder of Tableau Software. Prior to Tableau he was an associate partner at Softbank Venture Capital, where he specialized in enterprise applications. Before Softbank, Christian was CEO and co-founder of BeeLine Software, which was acquired by Vicinity Corporation. Christian started his career as a data analyst at Cornerstone Research, an economics consulting firm. He is the author of “Understanding the Euro: The Clear and Concise Guide to the Trans-European Currency” and holds an MBA and a BS in engineering from Stanford University.

SM: Let’s start at the beginning of your story. What is your background?

CC: I am from a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I had a typical American upbringing. I came to Silicon Valley to attend Stanford as one of two people from my high school to be admitted. The other is my wife. >>>

Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs Tomorrow

Sramana Mitra’s next free online strategy roundtable for entreprenurs will be held tomorrow, March 4, 2010, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/9:30 p.m. IST. 

You can find more details and register here.

We hope you’ll join us and share with other entrepreneurs who may be interested.

Deal Radar 2010: WinBuyer

WinBuyer develops solutions for online retailers to maximize retailer page revenue (RPM) and turn traffic into sales by improving the consumer experience and making online customers feel confident about their purchases. WinBuyer’s initial monetization product, an onsite comparative pricing (OCP) application that shows the various prices a product is selling for, is embedded in a client’s site on the product detail page. >>>