TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

It was the one of the best phishing emails we’ve seen… that wasn’t. Phishing emails are designed to impersonate companies or executives to trick users into turning over sensitive information, typically usernames and passwords, so that scammers can log into online services and steal money or data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I’ve taken to saying, “Email is our personal to-do list that anybody adds to – whether they know us or not.” about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). I have taken to limiting my outbound email.

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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. Specifically, 1.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2024

The work continued for about eight weeks between the two of us as we visited the 27 locations and worked with employees in departments across all disciplines within each location and at central offices that performed services for all locations. Not all consultants give advice worth taking, of course. first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Of course, the response depends upon lots of variables, including whether the company is in a fund-raising mode (in which case the CEO may be spending up to 80% of their time on this alone). 10% is typical in exploring strategic concepts, reading about new developments in the industry and just spending quiet time contemplating opportunities.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] It is the board, made up of individual members, that is responsible for the care and maintenance of the corporate person. Of course they should not. Sometimes, there will be a conflict of interest between the people representing the various shareholder classes on a board.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways. And of course, most are willing to trade information to get information. It is natural to want to associate with these people for many reasons, certainly socially.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A new product launch… If you’ve been involved in the launch stage of any product in the past, you should recognize the overwhelming feeling of panic when initial customers make first contact with complaints about quality, functionality, speed of service or other critical part of the new release. What if my resources are limited?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. In industry this is known as “yield management” and of course it needs to exist. What do we like about OpenTable? ” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. And the convenience began over time to sink in more than anything.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Of course we fund companies in good markets and bad. Our last thoughts on the VC funding markets heading into 2016 was published here and I followed up with a little more context on the resetting of the venture industry , some thoughts on how startups are valued and how to think about burn rates at startups.

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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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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2023

Most of us work in our businesses, either as managers or owners, and rarely step outside to think about how this will end in a perfect world. Investors call this discussion “exit planning” and of course they include themselves in the discussion. Of course, you’ll find another exciting venture and start again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

And being persistent I believe is the most important attribute for success in an entrepreneur (assuming of course that you have all the other requisite skills). Of course at one end of the bucket are entrepreneurs who are persistent but just aren’t polite. You need to know how to write good & action oriented emails.

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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. Everything has changed of course. Would you renew your existing office lease today?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2022

As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all your stakeholders. But when he did state a monetary goal, he started a real conversation about how he will achieve it and with what resources, and which of several focused revenue models.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And there are limits of course. Email readers, continue here…] I was once in the record business. Speak about insanity. Of course, the major hits paid for thousands of misses. Reward failure? . That may be a difficult concept for an executive. There are “good” failures. Here’s (another) personal story….

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem, of course, comes if the business fails. Email readers, continue here…] …and always with clear wording on automatic loan extension if you are making progress but need additional time to meet the full set of goals. A well–phrased ‘no’ could well be a step toward a correction of course and a later ‘yes.’.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 7, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] We raised six million from angel investors for this otherwise brilliant concept, and several first tier VCs followed with another thirty–two million over time. Looking back at that complete financial loss, I keep thinking of my gut response to the brush–off about inventory being a problem.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. Most board members don’t have the intention of checking email, reading the news or sending a quick text message but just like most smokers don’t want to pull out a cigarette?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2016

I’ve weighed in on: Email 1 —  How to Get Busy People to Take Action Email 2 —  Etiquette to Email Introductions Email 3 —  Make it Easy for Me to Forward Your Email ! If you want somebody to action email one person and make it clear whom you’re asking. Of course I cc people on emails.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

I was recently with an entrepreneur and talking with him about his fund raising process. If you’re further along in the process and you have one piece of information you need for a final decision then I’d be very happy to talk with you about it then.” Of course you have to be careful with this. I knew she’s come see you.

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Berkonomics

MAY 25, 2023

Of course, you have a vision for what you will do to change the world. About halfway through this painful exercise, one man walked up to the microphone and said, simply, “We move oil through the Internet” and then he moved on. I love absolute statements. Pardon my English. But this is one of my favorite statements.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

It is all about execution. Waiting over a year to see results is too long, since your chance of mid-course correction is greatly reduced. Email readers, continue here…]. Respond, so that people know you are serious about execution of the plan. If that is true, we are tolerant bunch. Modify what is not working.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 20, 2015

One of the hardest parts of email marketing is building a subscriber base and getting them to open your emails but that’s only half the battle. The goal of email marketing is opening a conversation and turning that conversation into a relationship. Think about their lives, they may not be ready to buy…yet. Build Trust.

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Berkonomics

JULY 22, 2021

First a reminder about why we hire: New hires can shore up the weak areas of a business in ways existing employees cannot – if hiring is done to fill true needs. And of course sometimes, a person leaves the company, creating a need to fill a hole. How about the bottom ten percent rule? There is a rule few follow. .

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Email users, continue here… ] That is the quandary which entrepreneurs face today in building models for new companies around a web presence. And yet, users rave about the service, and spend long durations of time on the site. How about charging by the bite (not byte)? Bringing us to today – Viewers or profit?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2019

From experience and from information about the competition, a coach creates a playbook that contains detailed plans for actions or plays that the entire team must know without question and execute without pause in order to win games and advance toward the playoffs. But you know that of course. Your team playbook. Who gets to see it?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

As executives we’re all seemingly accessible at any moment to anybody via email, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or Text. I have written about this before and often recommend to executives that they do less, but complete more by avoiding the shiny objects and distractions stop us from living up to our true potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2010

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2016

By now, you’ve probably heard about big data as a service , machine learning, and now deep learning, but differentiating between them isn’t always the easiest thing to do. Google has started a free course meant to teach people about deep learning. The free course is provided by a for-profit online education site, Udacity.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Innovators make use of golden strands of opportunity left when the unfinished vision of another cries for completion, or when a genuine new concept changes the very way people think about their lives. What about Edison, Bell and tesla? ARPANET becomes the Internet.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Most of us work in our businesses, either as managers or owners, and rarely step outside to think about how this will end in a perfect world. Investors call this discussion “exit planning” and of course they include themselves in the. Of course, you’ll find another exciting venture and start again.

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