Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] But – before or after that ninety-day line – surprisingly, in post-exit interviews after emotions have dissipated, most former employees (who were handled respectfully during the separation process) and most managers will agree that the move should have been made sooner.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 19, 2023

But the problem was solved, and response times returned to “immediate” for at least this class of customer call. Email readers, continue here…] It took two long years for the company to fully recover its lost reputation after the actual problem was fixed to the satisfaction of all.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2024

Ownership is spread among several classes of investors. Email readers, continue here…] Second, the audit committee is responsible for hiring an outside auditor as appropriate, reviewing the accounting practices of the corporation and making sure that laws are followed relating to recognition of revenues and expenses.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Friends, family and fools: [Email readers, continue here…] This term, although pejorative, describes the typical mix of early investors in a small, young growing business. Venture, private equity and more: Here we lump a large number of investor classes into one. These include Y-Combinator and TechStars, among others.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2022

In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Remember the five “W’s?”. Who, what, when, where and why are the five, with sometimes a “how” thrown in for those followers of the macabre. Which of the five is most important for you?

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Journal Acquisition Class News 156

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During the discussions with the CEO about hiring North American managers, he made it clear that he wanted us to find a first-class office facility from which to start the search process, and proceeded to name cities that attracted him. Would you renew your existing office lease today?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

More we are taught in marketing classes. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand. Email readers, continue here…] D=Decrease costs. This is considered to be the producer-oriented model. These are still the driving focus behind most marketing courses, and deserve to be so.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 12, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] Black and white examples include taking supplies home, using company time to perform personal duties (if not permitted), and even traveling business class at company expense on short trips. Examples can seem surprisingly insignificant.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

There is a third class of buyer I discovered first hand when selling my company – the emotional buyer. Email readers, continue here…] You may be a most successful direct competitor, one that the buyer’s sales people have observed jealously and nervously, sometimes even jumping over to your company as a result.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Have you created high barriers to entry? Do you have a world-class management team? If your business is a “me too” entrant into any market niche, even the smallest success will soon attract competitors that will sap some degree of your potential growth.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

We built one of our companies upon forecasted metrics for a specific class of retail consumer base but found that there wasn’t enough money in our universe to pay for the amount of marketing to create that much dedicated traffic to our site. A personal story of a pivot – Tyson style.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

During the discussions with the CEO about hiring North American managers, he made it clear that he wanted us to find a first-class office facility from which to start the search process, and proceeded to name cities that attracted him.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 1, 2021

My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Even the term, pivot, seems to call up images of a light-footed dancer able to move so very quickly in any direction. My story of a great pivot. Early market experience can cause a need to pivot.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Sometimes a secondary fund-raising effort leads to a lower valuation than the last. And it is that disconnected employee, usually one or more of the better performers, that starts looking for a job when times look bad for a company. Investor loyalty is most tenuous of all.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Generative thinkers are relentless in asking questions that get to the core of an idea, often making the originator think more deeply about the effects over a longer period of time. These are generative thinking questions. Generative. or “How about the public relations impact?”

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2017

And the prime motivators of this massive destruction are the same class of entrepreneurs and innovators that have done it before. Email readers, continue here…] Yes, Amazon is partially to blame. Thought so. We are in a decade of creative destruction that will affect most everybody. Last year, Amazon employed 145,800 workers.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 22, 2012

If you have been wondering about social media and how to get involved , this is the class for you. Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Google+ and other platforms are reviewed in this interactive class. It's time to dive into the social media world. Email Amani@woodsidemediagroup.com.

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Social Media Media Class Google 113

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] And the third predictable crisis is…. And, as you grow, the same class of problems returns but with a larger scale and more urgent cry for attention – and more ruinous if not solved. quality control. Know these three and plan for them.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 12, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Notice that every poster that is required to be displayed in a company public area (usually the lunch room) is posted for the benefit of the employee to inform him or her of rights granted by law. Encourage reviewers to be accurate, not just polite, in documenting areas of concern.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] But – before or after that ninety day line – surprisingly, in post-exit interviews after emotions have dissipated, most former employees (who were handled respectfully during the separation process) and most managers will agree that the move should have been made sooner.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Here is a class of investor we’ve covered before, one usually focused upon you and less upon your business case. There are other classes of equity investors for small or early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. This class of investor typically writes checks from $50,000 to $250,000. Friends and family investors.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2017

But the problem was solved, and response times returned to “immediate” for at least this class of customer call. Email readers, continue here…] But “There’s the rub” (the snag) wrote Shakespeare in Hamlet. It took several months to hire and train enough new support reps to keep up with the rapid growth of our company.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 15, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] It started me thinking. How about teaching a class in corporate culture yourself to one or more new employees? The benefits of hitting the ground running. Or how about helping the employee gain confidence by handing the first several accounts to the new person ready to close?

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] The format also calls for the CEO to examine his calendar over time and report classes of activities by percentage of total time spent, so that the group may add comments about use of CEO time to the critique.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

If your own business is in a place to buy a brand new iPhone, the Tap to Pay feature is worth activating — but given how many customers will pay with a non-contactless card or phone anyway, you'll still need a card reader to avoid missing out on sales.

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News Newsletter Sales Tips 155

Berkonomics

JANUARY 7, 2021

We should think of the creation and growth of a high valued company as the sum of three parts, with three distinct classes of participants helping to make real value out of a raw start-up. Nearly none, if statistics and experience are key to the answer. The sum of three parts. One: The entrepreneur.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

And then there are options: [Email readers, continue here…] Stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. a share, then options must be priced at that amount.

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Equity Class Pricing Sales 256

Berkonomics

MAY 21, 2020

Assuming that a corporate whistle-blower is not tooting about you individually, such a class of people have been granted protections under the law and serve a function that needs to be acknowledged. Motive of the whistle-blower. Quickly dealing with it and the consequences always is the lesser of numerous alternatives.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 11, 2012

This is the beginners class. We will teach you how to maximize Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, Pinterest, Evernote, Tumblr and all emerging platforms in your personal and professional life. This will be an interactive and working class. Tuesday, April 17, 2012 -- Social Media School. Social Media School is in session.

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Social Media Media SoCal Southern California 113

Berkonomics

JULY 5, 2018

Most businesses fall into the class of those that can be sold someday to a willing buyer. Email readers, continue here…] All businesses and their management should be aware and perhaps planning for the end game, and that includes boards of directors as well. Is your business one that may be sold for profit someday?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 4, 2021

For argument’s sake, let’s credit the iPhone with igniting an entire product class. In another instance, we introduced the first kiosks for hotel lobby check-in. They were large, a bit clumsy looking, and gathered cobwebs in the lobbies of some great hotels. “Do Do you have the resources to evangelize?”.

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Artificial Inteligence Marketing Press Resource 240

InfoChachkie

APRIL 25, 2011

I have used Guy’s previous book, The Art Of The Start (Art ), in my UC Santa Barbara New Venture Creation class for the past five years. I read Enchantment anticipating that it might augment my Entrepernurial Selling class, which focuses on influence and persuasion, rather than sales tactics. Drop Everything And Do What Your Boss Asks.

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Technical Review Blogging Class Entrepreneur 279

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2015

Sense360 said its software allows apps to tap into such sensors as ambient light readers, accelerometers, and GPS, in a much easier way. Portnoy is the founder of Thinknear, which was acquired by Telenav in what was one of the biggest exits out of the TechStars startup incubator--and went from accelerator class to exit in 14 months.

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Culver City Develop Development Incubator 100

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2015

Sense360 said its software allows apps to tap into such sensors as ambient light readers, accelerometers, and GPS, in a much easier way. Portnoy is the founder of Thinknear, which was acquired by Telenav in what was one of the biggest exits out of the TechStars startup incubator--and went from accelerator class to exit in 14 months.

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Culver City Develop Development Incubator 100

Berkonomics

MAY 10, 2018

Email readers, continue here… ] Other companies have both the creditworthiness and relative size to be able to borrow from private and banking sources without collateral, with unsecured loans.

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Company Companies Acquisition Class 226

Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2020

Email readers, continue here…] In an Internet-based business, power comes not just from high gross margins, but also from an increase in the percent of conversions. The point is that once your company is stable at or above the breakeven point, one incremental unit generates robust increases in net profit.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

I thought this post might be of interest to some of my readers, as it offers a glimpse into my approach to teaching entrepreneurship. . Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO.

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