TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Of course, Just is not the first company to offer personalized auto insurance. If its drivers exhibits safe driving behavior, their rates can fall. But of course, it has far fewer customers and is only serving one market. Image Credits: Just Insure. Just has a similar model. ” In 2020, Root had a direct loss ratio of 82%.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Of course passion isn’t enough. So of course I want (need) to make money for my investors (LPs). But the two can of course go hand-in-hand. I fall in love with entrepreneurs. I have placed a much bigger emphasis on falling in love as a criterion for my making an investment. I’m a VC.

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APRIL 2, 2023

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. If you are not constantly learning, you are falling behind. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Mix business learning with doing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Of course, if the board is set up or used incorrectly, the impact can indeed be more negative than positive. High-performing startups today are the ones that use every resource at their disposal.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 10, 2019

And a few tips for you if you fall a bit short. If the group cannot agree upon a course of action, the leader must act, even if the action taken is to defer the decision until more information or a consensus is reached. Let’s get personal. Do you think you’re much better than a marginal leader? Why do people follow their leader?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2021

Warren Buffett and Rupert Murdoch clearly fall into this category. Life’s prolonged course offers everyone the opportunity to chart new horizons. Which category will you fall into? First of all, both Heenan and I agree that most exiting business leaders can be categorized into one of four major groups: Timeless wonders.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2020

Most college econ courses teach marginal economics. Every dollar of gross profit falls to the bottom line, increasing net profit faster with each transaction. So, not to scare those who didn’t take econ, here is a simple explanation. Let’s use breakeven as our test. Let’s say that your company is exactly at breakeven.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2023

No change means you are falling behind as a leader. Keeping it simple is the best course. Every entrepreneur, even though confident in his domain, needs to fight complacency in a world that changes almost daily. Interact with employees and customers on a regular basis. Never be too busy to talk to real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2023

Of course, there are some basic principles that people in all careers follow today in maximizing their success, including discipline, determination, learning from mistakes, and practice. Not keeping up means falling behind quickly. Just remember that you must never be too busy to learn new things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2021

Most leaders make too many decisions, and fall into the trap of doing others’ work. Of course, even the best question is moot if you don’t listen to the answer. Getting everyone to participate isn’t always easy, but when coworkers realize their ideas have value and the organization is receptive to them, they’re more apt to share.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Of course, there are external risks that cannot be controlled or predicted but can be planned for as well – natural disasters, sudden political or economic events that rattle the entire economy, and more. This falls squarely on management to perform, to take the company to and beyond profitability. Fifth is execution risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble. Of course, there are many other common reasons for startup failure, including inexperienced teams, inadequate marketing, no intellectual property, business model doesn’t work, or just giving up too early. Startups can go down many times faster than they go up.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Yet they often fall into these roles by not proactively preparing themselves for any alternatives. At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course. Running a mature company is totally different from running a startup. Set a target personal destination and timing. Set your startup health gauges and use them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, growth is implied in that equation, and is also required for maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, growth is implied in every focus, and profit enables growth. The challenge is not to undermine growth by a blind focus on profits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. If you are not constantly learning, you are falling behind. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. Mix business learning with doing.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Fall quarter of Sr. 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. These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age. Of course no one has any idea what the next big thing will be, but more often than not innovation comes from entrepreneurs. 83 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I stepped off the van into… a recently dug pit about two feet deep and broke my foot in the fall. Of course,” I said, ignoring the pain and dragging my foot the entire way through the tour. What pain! He saw me drag my leg into the conference room, made no comment, but asked if I would like a tour of the hotel. “Of

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2016

I fall in love.” I fall in love with both the founders and the concept. Of course I also have to the concept. I was asked again in an LP meeting later in the week and then again at a founder breakfast gathering we hosted yesterday. I answered in the same way I always do so I thought I’d just write it publicly. “I

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2023

Working twenty hours a day, losing your cool, and falling back to a no-risk strategy are not conducive to long-term success. Of course, no leader wants to hear negative views, but it’s important to show empathy and reach everyone on an emotional level, while containing your own emotions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2023

Of course, the end goal of leadership by influence is to get others to willingly engage and follow due to your knowledge, honesty, and heart, rather than because of your title. Experts agree that resilience falls under the umbrella of emotional intelligence , which is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2017

Many leaders fall into the trap of doing too many things but not accomplishing enough. Having interesting and frequent opportunities at the top of your funnel is important, of course, but the ultimate score is only measured on the bottom end of the funnel. People expect blog posts, Tweets, panels, speeches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2023

I particularly find lack of validation to be true for people who fall in love with a new technology, without giving thought to any specific problem it solves, or the infrastructure challenges implied. These issues are addressed well in a new book, “ Think Bigger: How to Innovate ,” by Shenna Iyengar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

Of course, no business wants to be the next Blockbuster , which kept charging straight ahead despite subtle clues that the Internet was changing everything. When sales fall off, you need to dig deep for the “why,” rather than just assuming the price needs to go down. Scan for unmet needs to match new products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2021

Of course experience is the best teacher, but you need to get the job to get the experience. If you are not starting one yourself, the next best thing is joining one as a partner, or as an early employee. It takes much the same preparation to make you the best entrepreneur, or the best job candidate. According to Ford R.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Of course, you might be able to pay yourself a salary from the investment, but this will be minimal and critically watched. Of course, you must not short your day job, so you need the passion of your new idea to keep you energized enough to excel in both. Starting a company fulltime is stressful and lonely.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2022

Data, however, removes guesswork, biases, and anecdotal reasoning that can throw decision efforts off course. It’s easy for entrepreneurs to fall into the trap of focusing only on what’s urgent and leaving aside what seems merely important. Common sense and emotionally driven decisions are sub- optimal in assessing team members.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

Yet they often fall into these roles by not proactively preparing themselves for any alternatives. At minimum, you need to get an exit advisor to keep you on course. Running a mature company is totally different from running a startup. Set a target personal destination and timing. Set your startup health gauges and use them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2021

Of course, this same challenge extends well beyond the entrepreneur, into all walks of life and work. Don’t fall into the dreams of others. As a result, burnout and loss of passion are consistently listed among the top causes of startup failure, according to many experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2022

They randomly churn for hours a day on a couple of their favorite social media platforms, with little thought given to goals, objectives, or metrics; and ultimately give up and fall back to traditional marketing approaches. Of course, with social media marketing, trial and error is not the only way to fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Of course, there is a big jump needed from data to real insights, intelligent decisions, and future predictions. Even though computers can process and store large volumes of data, assessing the implications still falls primarily in the realm of humans. For example, Google’s Ngram service has already datafied over 5.2

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Working twenty hours a day, losing your cool, and falling back to a no-risk strategy are not conducive to long-term success. Of course, no leader wants to hear negative views, but it’s important to show empathy and reach everyone on an emotional level, while containing your own emotions.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 3, 2019

How many times have you projected income and profits only to fall short, and make excuses to those depending upon you to perform? We know the answer of course. Here’s one for the ages. Lots of people do or will depend upon your leadership in driving growth, stability, and profitability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2023

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. Niche or low growth-rate businesses opportunities.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

A manager secure in the position should never fear empowering direct reports to make decisions that fall within the resources allocated to them and within the budget agreed to with them. Further, the more you share your decisions, the more you prepare those below to assume your position if ever necessary or appropriate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2016

Over introducers use this currency liberally because in the absence of any real operating knowledge or without actually taking the time to diagnose what the important issues are at a company and how to truly be helpful, over-introducers fall back on the easiest and often least-productive form of help.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

in fall 2020. And of course there are special interior and exterior finishes – 13 paint colors in all — and a first edition version customers can buy. Audi plans to offer two variants of the vehicle, a Sportback 50 and Sportback 55. The Sportback will come to Europe first in spring 2020. The Sportback 55 will come to the U.S.

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