Berkonomics

MARCH 21, 2024

The result of the consulting project… Finally, at the end of the project, we had identified nineteen specific issues, each of which would, if implemented, accomplish one or more of the goals outlined at the start of the project. Not all consultants give advice worth taking, of course. The post Hire a consultant; ignore the advice!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Every entrepreneur I know is dismayed by the number of friends who approach them with a line such as “I have an even better idea that will change the world, and one of these days I’m going to get around to starting my own business.” Others are debilitated by their fear, avoid risk at all costs, and never start.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Entity uses all this to curate not just what courses it provides and what goes into the curriculum, but also how best to supplement that learning. Today, Entity courses also include targeted mentoring from people working in the tech industry, as well as career coaching en route to finding a job. .”

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

” There is a truism you should internalize: Most all big problems start off as small problems. And of course, a promise not kept is an indication of a lack understanding of the problem or of care for the solution. The “rule of excursions.” We’ll call this the “rule of excursions.” Another of my board learning experiences.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. And I feel that this skill is invaluable in both building a start-up company and in being a VC.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2020

This starts with strong leadership and communication on your part, but it has to extend into the training, decision making, and reward systems that you foster. Of course, this vision must be continually tuned by new customer trends and technology arrivals. Focus on agility as the key skill your organization needs.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2008

Of course, it's sometimes hard to find advisors. On the flip side, as a person who regularly advises early stage start-ups, I often have a hard time finding interesting start-ups. Actually, the friction is even higher trying to find a partner for a start-up. eHarmony for start-up / advisor relationships?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2019

Starting a new business is fraught with challenges, and none of us has the bandwidth to kill them all. I remember first seeing a good summary of these risk-reduction myths a while back in a classic book, “ How to Start a Business & Ignite Your Life ,” by Ernesto Sirolli, PhD. You have to pay big salaries to get top-notch help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

One of the most frequent questions I get as a mentor to entrepreneurs is “How do I find the money to start my business?” On the other hand, there are many additional creative options available for starting a business that you might not find for buying a car, home, or other major consumer item. Start a crowdfunding campaign online.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

Thinkful , a New York company, says it has started accepting applications from people in Los Angeles for its "living stipend" program, which pays students $1500 a month to pay for things like rent, gas, and food while they take the company's technology training--in exchange for a portion of their salaries when they graduate.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Of course these “down and outers “were easy targets for the truly criminal types. Or maybe Billy’s story is the same story as so many start-ups. Lessons Learned: Start-ups are not for wimps. There will be times when you will be so in the weeds with no visible way out that you will wish you never started. Gut check time.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Of course these “down and outers “were easy targets for the truly criminal types. Or maybe Billy’s story is the same story as so many start-ups. Lessons Learned: Start-ups are not for wimps. There will be times when you will be so in the weeds with no visible way out that you will wish you never started. Gut check time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. Adaptive business advising and learning.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem, of course, comes if the business fails. Don’t take money, especially start–up loans, from unsophisticated investors. . A well–phrased ‘no’ could well be a step toward a correction of course and a later ‘yes.’. Do ask three sets of progressively deeper questions to get down to the heart of why they didn’t invest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. Adaptive business advising and learning.

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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.

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Berkonomics

MAY 11, 2023

But the most important ones for any size business, including start-ups, is: Do you believe it should be the quality of your management team, or the plan you execute so brilliantly toward your success? Here’s a test: Several weeks ago, we published statistics of start-up and company failures. Of course, you could be the exception.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 9, 2023

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. But this is more personal, isn’t it? If you are relatively young, you probably think of this question as too distant to consider seriously.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

You don’t have to be a new venture advisor like me to hear all the excuses for not starting your own business. They ignore the fact that Colonel Sanders was 62 when he franchised KFC, Steve Jobs started Apple in his garage, and Michael Dell and several others dropped out of school to build billion dollar businesses.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. This is where all entrepreneurs have to start. “OC’s Premier Incubator – Supporting Start-Up Businesses in Our Business Collective&#.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2013

This makes me wonder what starts that entrepreneurial drive in kids, and how early parents and schools should start teaching the basics. Here are a few facts from the National Council on Economic Education emphasizing the need for more business training, starting much earlier: Only 34% of teens can balance a checkbook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2015

Every entrepreneur I know is dismayed by the number of friends who approach them with a line such as “I have an even better idea that will change the world, and one of these days I’m going to get around to starting my own business.” Others are debilitated by their fear, avoid risk at all costs, and never start.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2021

If you want to get in better shape and haven’t read that you might start there. I started advice with the premise that no amount of exercise or food eating plan would help with long-term fitness or weight goals unless you first had a mental plan and a set of measurements to track your progress. I want to share with you how I did this.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. if you wait until macroeconomic conditions are preferential, you may find that your personal situation is no longer suited to either starting or joining an adVenture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Of course, not all new startup ideas can be developed this way, so pick an idea that fits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It would be no fun if starting a business was simply plotting a straight line between your idea and success, with no challenges along the way. That doesn’t mean that starting a business should be a random walk into the unknown. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it. Relish it, or if it scares you, don’t try it.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2016

Deep learning in particular is starting to catch on, and though some may think to overlook it for the time being, a recent announcement from Google may change some people’s minds. Google has started a free course meant to teach people about deep learning. appeared first on TechZulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

One of the simplest questions I get from aspiring entrepreneurs, and ironically one of the hardest, is “How do I start?” I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is. It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. Adaptive business advising and learning.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 1, 2016

Working at your company but want to break off to start your own? Please don’t get discouraged by these difficulties, starting a business is always hard, but it can be one of the most rewarding things you ever do. There are of course many other lessons on things that you should know if you want to start your own company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Here are my thoughts on the right focus at a college or university: Take entrepreneurship courses, but major in a more specific discipline. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA. Practical business courses are better than an advanced degree or MBA. Starting a business is not rocket science.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed. In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. So why now?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. It can be years before you start seeing returns.

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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).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2013

Of course there are a million variations which can make the difference, like work at home versus an office, or online versus storefront, but these are secondary to your basic role. Of course, you get the challenge of filing patents, developing a product, and defining the revenue model. You're looking for something to keep you busy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Start by contacting the university outreach liaison, or a professor in your area of interest or expertise. Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Start by contacting the law school organization. Product research and prototype development.

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