Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Dave’s Note: This is the first time we’ve had a guest author on the BERKONOMICS site. Sara focuses upon another side of small business financing not typically considered in the angel and venture world, financing from sources for companies that will probably never be attractive to those niches. . Guest post by Sara Mackey.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

Launched by the music and cultural impresario with more hustle than hustle and his business partner Jason Geder, the new collaborative investment strategy focused on tech startups will allow high net worth individuals to participate in deals. Live streaming studio, Culture Genesis, launches its first show, the quiz-based Trivia Mob.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2022

Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives. Asking an angel to work with your company in an advisory role is a great way to establish a relationship that may lead to a cash investment. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 28, 2011

Many entrepreneurs encounter a similar dilemma. Thus, entrepreneurs must decide when to stop listening to the Sirens’ song of a quick buck and position their company to take advantage of long-term, sustainable business models. Below are descriptions of three companies which each faced short-term, lucrative opportunities.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Almost anyone who has sold a company has a story to tell about their good deal, the problems with the buyer, a last-minute change of terms, or more. I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth. How the industry was growing around the company. The year was 1998. What can I do?”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Every company wants a name that stands out from the crowd, a catchy handle that will remain fresh and memorable over time. When choosing an identity for a company or a product, simple and straightforward are back in style, and cost less to brand. Everyone will assume that your company name is your domain name minus the suffix “.com”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2011

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once at not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Type in "weddingshoes.com" - a site that Ham happens to own - and you'll land on what looks like a shoe-shopping portal, filled with links from dozens of retailers. Need wedding shoes?

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Company Companies Pricing Web 81

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2010

I used to fear that this would put me at a disadvantage in starting my own company, but now I’m convinced that it may be the other way around. More importantly, as a parent or mentor, what should you advise young potential entrepreneurs about getting an MBA? On the other hand, I had trouble thinking of famous entrepreneurs with an MBA.

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Entrepreneur Technical Advisors Education Social Network 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

As a startup investor in this age of the entrepreneur, I see many more startups, but innovation is still hard to find. The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). An entrepreneur looking for a sure thing will never innovate.

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socalTECH

JULY 5, 2011

For today's interview, we spoke with Los Angeles-based Swagbucks (www.swagbucks.com), an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency in exchange for searching the Internet, as well as other activities. We spoke with founder Scott Dudelson to hear more about the company. How did the company come about? READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

One of the more successful serial entrepreneurs here in Southern California has been Robin D. Richards , who most recently sold The NTI Group to Blackboard, and previously also was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA, the founding president and COO of MP3.com, But, what about the supply side, and where do companies go?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. We talked about how the metaphor for finding information might be changing and why large companies such as HP and Microsoft are betting so big on this industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2019

Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives. Asking an angel to work with your company in an advisory role is a great way to establish a relationship that may lead to a cash investment. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.”

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. I’ve been offered $15 million for my company and my partner is suing me for all I am worth.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

After careful planning and working with major institutions of nnovation here, companies, and community leaders, we launched Innovate Pasadena in 2013. There are always the hard core entrepreneurs, who will do anything they have to do get it done, and they'll work in the basement, they'll literally use their car as their office, wherever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” If you have the urge to be an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think seriously about each of these, before you zero-in on one or two, and get totally discouraged if those don’t work for you.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Last week, we talked with Fouad ElNaggar of Redpoint Ventures about some of the interesting companies in Southern California. One of those he mentioned was Hark (www.hark.com), an online site which allows users to find and share sound bites and audio clips from movies and elsewhere. How is the company funded and backed?

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Jason Nazar

MAY 1, 2016

For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics. For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5). For example: a) What percent of your site visitors bounce before taking any action?

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Jason Nazar

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

For startup entrepreneurs, you can also track these metrics with Google analytics. For example, if it costs $1,000 on Google paid search to get 500 people to visit your site and five of those people purchase an item, your CAC is $200 ($1,000/5). For example: a) What percent of your site visitors bounce before taking any action?

Marketing 40

Marketing CPC Metrics .Net 40

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives. Asking an angel to work with your company in an advisory role is a great way to establish a relationship that may lead to a cash investment. entrepreneur startup angel funding match Paul Graham business'

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. If you start an apparel company, there's no YCombinator, no Sequoia Capital for that.

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Startup Equity Venture Capital Ideas 223

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number.

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Startup Invest Patents Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Every company wants a name that stands out from the crowd, a catchy handle that will remain fresh and memorable over time. When choosing an identity for a company or a product, simple and straightforward are back in style, and cost less to brand. Everyone will assume that your company name is your domain name minus the suffix “.com”

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

RSS ); Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. And as a result we have bred a culture of companies that have been quite innovative on making money. company called Applied Semantics.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. In that context, I offer you my latest collection of popular investor-to-entrepreneur terms and concepts. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs. Seed-round investment.

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Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, saying “make me an offer,” or quoting an exorbitant number.

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Funding Startup Patents Outsource Development 98

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2017

Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives. Asking an angel to work with your company in an advisory role is a great way to establish a relationship that may lead to a cash investment. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Angels are typically high net worth individuals who are investing their own money, for a wide range of motives. Asking an angel to work with your company in an advisory role is a great way to establish a relationship that may lead to a cash investment. By definition, an angel investor is not an “institutional investor.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Even more disappointing are other statistics that show most websites that do exist have a very low “conversion rate,” or ratio of visitors to the site versus ones who meet your goal of buying a product or signing up for a newsletter. No company exists in a vacuum. Make your solution and company symbiotic but better than competitors.

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SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Every company wants a name that stands out from the crowd, a catchy handle that will remain fresh and memorable over time. When choosing an identity for a company or a product, simple and straightforward are back in style, and cost less to brand. Everyone will assume that your company name is your domain name minus the suffix “.com”

Startup 104

Startup Google Customer Custom 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” Many entrepreneurs stumble at this point, losing the deal or most of their ownership, by having no answer, playing coy, or quoting an exorbitant number.

Startup 93

Startup Patents Outsource Development Web 93

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

What's the new company all about? Why did you decide to startup up another travel site? Kelly Tompkins: I have done six online travel companies. What AdventureLink allows us to do is cast a very wide net, to build distribution partners and tap into mainstream travel. Thanks for the interview. Talk about your VoIP network?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We spoke with Jed Simon the firm's CEO and founder, about the company. Then, I worked at DreamWorks for ten years, all over the studio, everything from working with the President when I first arrived there to spending a long time at the music company. Where are you in terms of company launch?

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