Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 18, 2019

The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Pause to think about how remarkable that truly is. If you read Reid Hoffman’s important book, “ Blitzscaling ” you’ll realize that in some markets that are large, global and being disruptive sometimes being first to global scale can be more important than short-term unit economics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

Founders don’t often think about “primary&# stock vs, “fully diluted&# stock in terms of voting rights. Liquidation preferences never say things like “participating preferred&# although we all talk about it. Every startup needs the knowledge in this book. I never did. It’s hidden in legal language.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. What do we like about OpenTable? The company was called Red Beacon.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While we are revisiting the issues raised by my (newly revised) book, Extending the Runway , we should examine the challenges to a CEO in making use of enterprise time, one of its most valuable and often misused assets. Extending the Runway book available at www.berkus.com. Depending upon others Surrounding yourself with talent'

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

If you haven’t read Adam Lashinsky’s awesome new book about Apple , you should. It takes on many of the lessons MBA programs and Corporate America have been teaching about business for the past 50+ years and questions whether lessons from Apple might be more applicable in thinking about the future.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Irvine-based Kelley Blue Book warns that scammers have been using a fake, Kelley Blue Book website is being used as part of a car buying scam, where scammers convince unsuspecting buyers to buy via a non-existent, escrow-based guaranteed buyer protection program from Kelley Blue Book. The firm does not offer such a service.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. an email) to about 35 people. I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem. crawl(ing) up.".

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. I zone out and think about how things could be different. This is one of the positive signs of ADHD that nobody ever talks about. Startups Are for Doers.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

This insight addresses more the impact of such behavior upon the actions of employees and others who observe that behavior from a senior manager or owner of a business – and know that they cannot say anything about it without jeopardizing their jobs.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Impressed with her wit and insights during her talk, I was excited to read her latest book, Thinking In Bets. Annie has previously written several well-received poker strategy books. As she notes in the books Introduction, “…a bet really is: a decision about an unknown future.” For me, the book fulfilled this promise.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Los Angeles-based VolJet (www.voljet.com) is looking to solve that puzzle, with its online system for booking charter jets, just as you would a commercial flight. Susan Sloan: It's very similar to a commercial, online booking system, like Expedia.com. You can also get commercial results for commercial bookings. What is VolJet?

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I recently reviewed Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson’s book Venture Deals , in THIS ENTRY. I have subsequently recommended the book to number of students as well as emerging entrepreneurs, all of whom expressed positive feedback. . Writing a book is very different from writing a blog. There were a couple motivations.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

But the ground we covered was awesome for anybody wanting to know more about sales. LinkedIn (we talked about some tricks we use in LinkedIn). 36:00 Sales people only care about money. 58:00 Vince Thompson’s book, “Ignited”. 58:00 Vince Thompson’s book, “Ignited”. When & Whom should you hire? junior vs. senior?

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

We caught up with Brian to hear more about the startup. I thought it was about time to do something about that, to make sure small business ownersnot just multi-million and billion dollar, Fortune 500 companiescould have access to all of the benefits and protection of the law. It's more about product differentiation.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

John Lusk, along with his Co-Author Kyle Harrison, leveraged their humble company''s newsletter into The MouseDriver Chronicles , a New York Times bestselling book. an email) to about 35 people. I''m not talking about one or two people responding, we get 10, 15, 20 responses for a particular problem. crawl(ing) up.".

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Tech.Co

AUGUST 5, 2016

There will be a panel discussion featuring several contributors to the book, and Q&A starting at 5:30 followed by a reception. Join for the unveiling of an exciting new addition to the field of architecture and technology: Interactive Architecture: Adaptive World, on Saturday, August 13 at 5:00 PM at the Neutra VDL house.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the online professional document sharing site run by Jason Nazar , is announcing this morning that it has added around 100,000 books and 150,000 documents to the site, as part of a deal with Overdrive.com. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

I mean it’s tough to carry a black leather book in todays “fashionable” tight jeans. Meet today’s “little black book,” an updated, digital book that keeps track of one’s most private affairs. I basically built the Little Black Book for myself.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

I saw a good summary of these in a classic book, “ Ethical Leadership ,” by Andrew Leigh, an expert in this area. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. A successful business is far more than a good product and a good business model – it’s equally about projecting and executing with a great culture.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 14, 2023

How about employees all the way down the line and through the corporation? But how about awarding stock options to all employees? How do we align them to the goals and strategies of the enterprise? Obviously for the appropriate individuals, a bonus program aligned to the department’s goals is appropriate. Show everyone financials?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Social Gaming Network ( SGN ) and Fox Digital Entertainment teamed up for the recent release of a new game called The Book of Life: Sugar Smash. The game is based on Fox Digital Entertainment’s new computer animated film, The Book of Life , and launched for the iOS with an Android and Facebook version in the works.

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Entertainment Mobile Platform Startup 87

Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2022

“Here’s the deal…” So, I occasionally read suspense novels to break up the relative monotony of constant business books. Remember that this was a book about politics. A sentence in the one I recently read caught my eye. He referred to the three as legal advice , moral advice, and political advice.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. They skip the blame and complain game, and make things happen despite major obstacles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Creating a startup, or managing any business, is all about problem solving. Some people are good at it and some are not – independent of their IQ or their book smarts (there may even be an inverse relationship here). In fact, every business is about solutions to customer problems – no problems, no business. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 1, 2018

This is an excerpt from Ryan Holiday’s new book Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, available now. Peter Thiel’s vague idea to do something about Gawker, the site that had outed him as gay in 2007, was concretized into conspiracy on April 6, 2011.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2012

In most offices there would be a shelf of business books. Since, I am constantly reading to learn I would always ask questions about advice from the books. Cunningham walked into his office one day and thought, why wouldn’t I make content with the information from my favorite business books, but speed it up and make it visual?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Many entrepreneurs forget that their success is more about helping other people than about personally becoming famous, or overcoming the odds and getting rich. How and why this is true was brought home to me in a new book, “ It's Not About You: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business ,” by Bob Burg and John David Mann.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Thus I hear many talk about “radical transparency” when virtually ever experienced operator in my inner circle talks knowingly about that naiveté. I talk about situations like these because they are the NORM not the exception. I was thinking about this over the holiday. Foursquare? Noah Glass. Reggie Brown.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2014

Many entrepreneurs forget that their success is more about helping other people than about personally becoming famous, or overcoming the odds and getting rich. This is a fictional story about how an aggressive young M&A executive comes to realize that his aggressive style is actually making it harder to reach his goals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2021

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Samir Kaji on the Venture Unlocked podcast about a wide range of topics that we as venture capitalists think about everyday, including: How to build a generational firm?—?retaining And again, just like in enterprise sales, this is all about differentiation ?—?what Why buy me?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2015

I found some help in this regard from a new book, “ Humanizing Big Data ,” by leading consumer researcher Colin Strong. million books from 1800 to 2000 to let anyone analyze cultural trends. I will paraphrase here the keys ways he outlines that our lives are becoming increasingly datafied: Datafication of emotions and sentiment.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2013

The deal will see Yelp connect more restaurants and bars to customers through online bookings. ” Yelp has has about one million U.S. Also excited about the deal, Alexander Kvamme, SeatMe’s co-founder and chief executive officer said SeatMe will help connect consumers with great local businesses.

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

Several years ago, I wrote a book entitled, Extending the Runway , using parallels to piloting a plane to equate to the process of creating and building a small company, making maximum use of resources to get to and beyond breakeven. Extending the Runway book available at Amazon. Extending the Runway book available at Amazon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2022

To check out the Google founders, and because I still see so many business plans that are modeled after Google (more search engines, and more billion dollar growth models), I had to take a look at the classic book about them a while back, called “ Inside Larry & Sergey’s Brain ,” by Richard L. It didn’t disappoint me.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It’s all about focus. There is a theory about agile leadership that has been advanced by a number of business book authors, and this CEO’s method fits within that concept. There is a theory about agile leadership that has been advanced by a number of business book authors, and this CEO’s method fits within that concept.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2021

In his classic book, “ Consider: Harnessing the Power of Reflective Thinking In Your Organization ,” Daniel Patrick Forrester talks about how some successful entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, force some think time in their schedule by abandoning the office for a cabin in the woods every few months for some reflective thinking.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 4, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] The CEO successfully sold her recruiting company at a good profit and co-wrote a best-selling business book about remote work along with a fellow CEO who did the same – and who sold his company at a profit. How about the employee unable to self-motivate in a home environment?

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