Berkonomics

JANUARY 6, 2022

Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists or angels have put in substantial money, and the sales price is not enough to give them a reasonable return for the time and money invested, these investors can be – in a word – greedy. No-one complains if the sales price is ten times the investment since there is plenty to go around.

Venture Capital 156

Venture Capital Sales Pricing Equity 156

Berkonomics

MARCH 4, 2021

I recall the introduction of artificial intelligence into the hotel reservation process, a “one-up” on the airline method of yield managing the price of airplane seats. For argument’s sake, let’s credit the iPhone with igniting an entire product class. Artificial intelligence thirty-four years ago.

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Artificial Inteligence Marketing Press Resource 240

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. Email readers, continue here…] And the third predictable crisis is…. So, your business has begun to take off. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy. quality control.

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Class Customer Custom Email 156

Tech.Co

JUNE 3, 2022

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News Newsletter Sales Tips 152

Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2019

First: Is the price paid for shares by previous investors excessive, creating a post-money valuation too high for the actual value of the company? Email readers, continue here…] Second, it is important in the first investment round to face the issues that may be required later by subsequent, more sophisticated, investors such as VC’s.

Invest 120

Invest Venture Capital Pricing Class 120

Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Can you dominate that market? The dominant player in any niche controls pricing for all those under it, and often sets the risk profile for new entrants into the niche if the dominant player’s products or services fill the needs of customers at reasonable prices and quality.

Patents 291

Patents Pricing Ideas Marketing 291

Berkonomics

JULY 31, 2014

There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place. Email readers, continue here.] I= increase revenues. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand. Marketing is a science devised to help drive customers to your door.

Marketing 201

Marketing Demand Pricing Customer 201

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors.

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Venture Capital Class Invest Equity 266

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Is there a market for your class of product at all? Email readers, continue here…] Too often the person you call your chief financial officer is trained in accounting, which is primarily a process of looking backward over events in the past. Here are five basic kinds of internal risks that a business faces over time.

Competition 156

Competition Marketing Class Product 156

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] There are also clauses in many such investor documents that allow the investor to override the founder and force a sale of the company if a proposed sale is attractive to an investor for liquidity, even if the founder feels that there is much more potential if the business is not sold at the present time.

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Venture Capital Sales Invest Class 243

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. The market was moving in the opposite direction from the company, and the company paid the ultimate price.

Marketing 120

Marketing Class Startup Research 120

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. The market was moving in the opposite direction from the company, and the company paid the ultimate price.

Marketing 120

Marketing Class Startup Research 120

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Email updates frequently.

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Tips Email Venture Capital CTO Coach 365

Berkonomics

MAY 27, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] Each board member is legally tasked with two duties: the duty of care, and the duty of loyalty: care for the living entity that is the corporation itself, and loyalty not to the board member’s constituency, but to the corporation itself. What are the legal responsibilities of board members?

Resource 156

Resource Acquisition Class Help 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you.

Email 339

Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2012

Is the price paid for shares by previous investors excessive, creating a post-money valuation too high for the actual value of the company? Email readers, continue here.] This is only a minor problem in that both forms can convert easily into ‘C’ corporations at low cost and little consequence.

Venture Capital 198

Venture Capital Invest Pricing Class 198

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists or angels have put in substantial money, and the sales price is not enough to give them a reasonable return for the time and money invested, these investors can be – in a word – greedy. No-one complains if the sales price is ten times the investment, since there is plenty to go around.

Angel 120

Angel Sales Pricing Equity 120

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 5, 2022

My company Putta Crown On It has the opportunity to have a place to do classes, promotional shoots and more,” Sykes told TechCrunch via email. When asked about their reaction to the damning Triller investigation, Collab Crew emailed TechCrunch a statement , but declined to disclose if or how its members were impacted.

Platform 210

Platform Social Media Netflix Content 210

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Tool Users - Startups often have a long gestation period in which the team is in discovery mode, defining the company's value proposition, target market, pricing, business model, etc. Action vs. Analysis - Although its use is in decline, many MBA classes are still taught via the Socratic case method. Share and Enjoy.

Entrepreneur 279

Entrepreneur Technical Review Case Study Class 279

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

And then they said one thing that most marketers go their whole career never hearing, 'Listen Steve, price is irrelevant, it is speed that matters.' We had been pricing our graphics cards to be a low-cost provider. The first thing I did was raise our prices.". Good News Bad News. Share and Enjoy.

Marketing 271

Marketing Startup Sales Customer 271

Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2015

You’ve figured out your channels of distribution, pricing model and how to support your growing list of customers. Email readers, continue here…] The first crisis is financial, funding the business, development, inventory, and marketing. So your business has begun to take off. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement.

Class 120

Class Customer Custom Email 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

After all, entry price registration question aside, they are all expensive once you factor in airfare, hotels, ground transportation, booths (if you have one), meals and – especially – time away from your day jobs? If you want to see world-class speakers and hear what they have to say in person – you will get that.

Web 150

Web Conference Technical Review Class 150

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Email readers, continue here.] If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. The market was moving in the opposite direction from the company, and the company paid the ultimate price.

Class 149

Class Product Marketing Demand 149

Berkonomics

JULY 19, 2011

Even with the usual discount of 10%, the margins on hardware were high, especially when applied to prices that exceeded $30,000 per sale. . In the early eighties, IBM helped the PC become a tool of the office, and the product crossed over from use by early adopters to the mass market. Email readers, continue here.]

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Pricing Networking IBM IBM 184

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Some rules about stock options and phantom stock: [Email readers, continue here…] The real insight here is that 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.

Equity 156

Equity Class Pricing Sales 156

socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2009

For example, maybe they have a math problem, or there is something they are not understanding in science class, or maybe they need help with an English paper. So, we made it such that a tutor can ask any price they think is valid, with the question askers price used as a guideline. Obviously, that made me feel pretty good.

Class 150

Class Sites Altadena Pricing 150

socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

I think, to be a great entrepreneur, you have to look at what is missing in the category that you will be playing in the industry, and figure what you can deploy with a little bit of strategy and technology to bring a better service and price. Your finance has to be world class. If you're not quick you're not there.

Content 193

Content Social Network Coach Help 193

Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2015

Is there a market for your class of product at all? Email readers, continue here…] Second is product risk. These include having a current knowledge of competitors’ hiring practices, pricing strategy, and more. Of course, there are external risks that cannot be controlled or predicted, but can be planned for as well –.

Competition 120

Competition Marketing Class Product 120

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. Despite my cynicism of MBA’s , this class was very valuable to me. Short answer – yes.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support. I wrote separately about that here – regarding “hiring people who punch above their weight class.”

Startup 319

Startup Sales Course Competition 319

Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2010

Email readers continue here.] There are also clauses in many such investor documents that allow the investor to override the founder and force a sale of the company if a proposed sale is attractive to an investor for liquidity, even if the founder feels that there is much more potential if the business is not sold at the present time.

Venture Capital 168

Venture Capital Sales Invest Class 168

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. You will realize much more from the ultimate sale of your business even if at a considerably lower price than if splitting the proceeds with investors.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

But I figured the worst that could happen was they’d send me home and I’d have to eat the price of my airfare and?—?hey?—?at If I never emailed anybody back after our meeting I can tell you something that would shock you. You can’t get mad if people don’t return your emails or calls. Congratulations, Cal Poly graduating class!

Pomona 253

Pomona Startup Tips Networking 253

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

This is where you find the superb Rails coder, and the world-class information architect, and the consummate sales guy, and the persuasive business development person, and the brilliant CFO. Each of the functions is crucial, and each is required to bring the good idea to fruition. That, however, will not be enough.

Startup 189

Startup Sales Ideas Entrepreneur 189

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A financial buyer will analyze your numbers, past and forecast, to the n’th degree, and calculate the price based upon the result, after carefully comparing your numbers with those of others in the same and similar industries. There is a third class of buyer I discovered first hand when selling my company – the emotional buyer.

Pricing 600

Pricing Sales IBM IBM 600

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Shervin Pishevar, another person who I respect wrote the following on Twitter, “ Saying you don’t like @AngelList is like saying you don’t like Email. As Shervin said, it’s just email. I have now put a filter on my email so it is auto-filed in Gmail. It’s a communication tool. My personal use.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Morning classes, taught by our partners – ZazenSF.com - are geared towards beginners and advanced students alike, and since we keep retreats small in size, we are able to truly encourage each student to listen to his/her own unique body. You have many prices? So how much does it cost? How can people learn more? Registration?

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Pricing Coach Email Startup 86