Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Second, almost no professional investor will consider putting that much into a startup until there is proof of market demand, product viability or some other mitigation of failure. Third (if you’re keeping score), it is not wise to dilute the founder’s ownership greatly in the first round of financing.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Time bankruptcy results from the deliberate over-commitment of core resources. I created the term “time bankruptcy” almost thirty years ago when the computer software business was young, and I was a software developer building a young company based upon quality first. You’d know the symptoms, if not the name. Why use this term?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

In fact, only 100 of the 10,000 multimillion-dollar consumer companies around the world can claim to be an “apostle brand” – one that inspires enduring trust, loyalty, and endorsement. Without the feedback, no change in the demand space will be noted. They are your greatest resource for generating new apostles and a cultural advantage.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, has inked a partnership with outdoor retailer REI. The companies announced the deal today. Trails.com is Demand Media's online adventure site, providing trail guides, topographic maps, articles, and other outdoors-related content.

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Demand Media Santa Monica Guide 150

Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2023

We have previously made the case that professional investors demand more in the form of restrictive covenants and lower valuations. Each of these companies needed more cash than professional angel investors were willing or able to provide, and we turned to the venture community for larger investments.

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Invest Venture Capital Demand Resource 296

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Place your cash bets behind proven demand. The term, “demand pull – cost push” was created by the great economist, John Maynard Keynes, to describe the two primary drivers of economic inflation. All of our enterprises have limited resources, even the largest of the Fortune 500, and especially the smallest of competitors in a market.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

A number of local, high tech companies are putting their efforts behind Movember , a charity which helps raise funding and awareness for men's health, and particularly prostate cancer. READ MORE>>.

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Company Companies High Tech Demand 170

TechEmpower

AUGUST 7, 2023

What does the role demand? The role of a CTO varies as the company matures. And you certainly don’t want to be the company that spends time and money building something you could have picked up off the shelf. What does it mean to be a CTO for a startup? Should a startup CTO spend their time programming?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. The on-demand specialized talent pool already includes 65 million people not interest in being full-time employees.

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Demand Training Outsource Development Entrepreneur 99

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In one industry I know well, the dominant player with 22% market share was acquired by one of the largest companies in the technology world. Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes.

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Berkonomics

JULY 13, 2023

Here are several examples of tactics from my recent experience with companies where I serve as board member. Seed demand in each new territory with at least two corporate marketing events in partnership with each distributor. Five tactics to support each strategy seem a fair, even if arbitrary number. But it is not written in stone.

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Resource Examples Tool Sales 156

Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2023

It is a medium range process involving senior management and departmental management as well, directing resources in ways that, as accomplished, lead the company toward the goal. Email readers, continue here…] Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years. What is a strategy?

Organization 156

Organization Metrics Demand Resource 156

Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2017

Time bankruptcy results from the deliberate over-commitment of core resources. I created the term “time bankruptcy” almost thirty years ago when the computer software business was young, and I was a software developer building a young company based upon quality first. You’d know the symptoms, if not the name. Time bankruptcy.

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Resource Customer Custom Software 243

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The project will pair 200 megawatt hours of distributed energy storage with 100 megawatts of solar photovoltaic capacity, the company said. To finance these projects — and others the company expects to land — Swell has cut a deal with Ares Management Corp. The goal is to make local grids more efficient.

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Develop Development Los Angeles Customer 322

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Build an on-demand team of strategic do-ers. The on-demand specialized talent pool already includes nearly 100 million people not interested in being full-time employees.

Demand 143

Demand Training Outsource Development Organization 143

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. The job of a big-company executive is very different from the job of a small-company executive.

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Startup Company Companies Training 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption. Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy).

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Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2019

Shell, which is making the acquisition through its Shell New Energies US subsidiary, snatched the company from Energy Impact Partners, a cleantech-focused investment firm. “As For Shell, the deal adds to a portfolio of electric charging assets including the Dutch-based company, NewMotion. Courtesy of Ed Robinson/Shell.

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Acquisition Resource Mobile Los Angeles 248

socalTECH

APRIL 16, 2019

According to the two companies, Forrester will use "technographics" from HG Insights, to help Forrester's customers see technology adoption trends in more than 45 different markets worldwide.

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Research Marketing Santa Barbara Sales 133

Berkonomics

MAY 3, 2018

Many executives and managers have made the mistake of using the financial and sales forecast to plan and execute hiring of new employees – so that they could be trained and up to speed when the demand arrives. In such instances, it is much less risky for a company to execute its plans for spending in coordination with forecast revenues.

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Training Layoffs Demand Resource 226

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 2, 2022

A browse around Shein today shows the company is increasingly coming after Amazon and is unbounded by its origin in fashion. The company is vague about its physical base, saying only it “has offices in Los Angeles” and employs between 200-500 employees, according to its website. Data: Data.ai.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

The company Winters was working for sponsored her MBA to Harvard Business School, and it was there that she came up with the idea for Upgrade. “I Obviously, there’s a huge demand for it, and it shouldn’t be this difficult to access high-quality convenient hair solutions.”. The company, which raised $1.7

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Tool Customer Custom Marketing 179

socalTECH

APRIL 18, 2017

GE and Southern California Edison (SCE) said this morning that the two companies have deployed the world's first battery-gas turbine hybrid system in Norwalk, as a part of Southern California Edison's renewable energy efforts. In particular, the two said the system helps with managing intermittent renewable resources on the grid.

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Southern California Norwalk Technical Review Demand 124

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Venture capitalists sometimes make an error in directing their portfolio company CEOs to push resources to the limit and scale the business to immense size quickly, all to seize market share. It was true for Amazon and other visionary companies that grabbed market share during the early Internet era. But beware.

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Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2017

It is a medium range process involving senior management and departmental management as well, directing resources in ways that, as accomplished, lead the company toward the goal. Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years. Yet each is measurable if achieved.

Organization 275

Organization Metrics Demand Resource 275

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It is no secret that the recent pandemic has exacerbated this problem as companies lost more and more of their employees due to illness, economic contraction, and voluntary resignations. Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few.

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Coach Organization Demand Resource 120

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

In the creation of a young company, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. Why five risks? Fourth: Financial risk. .

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

Berkonomics

MAY 25, 2017

Here are several examples of tactics from my recent experience with companies where I serve as board member. Seed demand in each new territory with at least two corporate marketing events in partnership with each distributor. Five tactics to support each strategy seem a fair, even if arbitrary number.

Resource 243

Resource Training Sales Demand 243

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We have previously made the case that professional investors demand more in the form of restrictive covenants and lower valuations. Each of these companies needed more cash than professional angel investors were willing or able to provide, and we turned to the venture community for larger investments.

Invest 243

Invest Venture Capital Demand Resource 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Companies at this stage must have a large market, good traction, and be focused on scaling infrastructure and market adoption. Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy).

Startup 122

Startup Funding Organization Incubator 122

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Second, almost no professional investor will consider putting that much into a startup until there is proof of market demand, product viability or some other mitigation of failure.

Startup 120

Startup Invest Summary Resource 120

Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 15, 2019

The telecommunications industry is under increasing pressure as customers demand high speeds and data transport, as well as implementing big data initiatives for their businesses. To keep up with demands, carriers are investing billions of dollar in infrastructure and service enhancements to help them grow. Wireless Backhaul.

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SoCal Southern California Help Services 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2022

Do you believe that you have an idea for a company that you can implement better than anyone, and maintain a competitive advantage? What resources do you have, skills and functions, and what do you do best? Assess customer demand. Providing minimal resources. What personal support resources are available?

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Startup Resource Training Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Mid-level or even top executives who “grew up” in large companies often look with envy at startups, and dream of how easy it must be running a small organization, where you can see the whole picture and it appears you have total control. The job of a big-company executive is very different from the job of a small-company executive.

Startup 105

Startup Company Companies Training 105

Berkonomics

MAY 12, 2022

Or that you are a cell phone company with a multi–billion record logfile of every call made from every location to every number dialed using your network. Would that be invasive – or just a great targeted marketing resource? But it would be impossible to know much about that person from just a photo. So, let’s dig further.

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Artificial Inteligence Tool Google Demand 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2023

Key enablers required along the way include capitalizing on the resourcefulness of you and your team, marshalling internal resources, and fostering a “can do” mindset. For a company to grow and thrive, it needs to find and broadcast its purpose in all that it does. Use your confidence and competence to succeed.

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Capital Netflix Resource Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every one of you business leaders I know struggles with the competing demands of finding and keeping employees motivated and satisfied, versus building and enforcing a set of repeatable processes that work. Obviously, both are required for a company to stay healthy and growing. People will determine your legacy that will be remembered.

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Satisfaction Demand Resource Competition 154