Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Making such predictions is a skill that can be developed, and here’s one method of doing so. Is there a market for your class of product at all? If you could predict a crisis within your business before its occurrence, wouldn’t you move to prevent or reduce its impact? First let’s eliminate external risks for this conversation.

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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. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead. The critical question no-one asked.

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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. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead. The critical question no-one asked.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Although this debate will continue for ages, I tend to fall on the side of betting on the jockey, simply because it has been a rare business plan that did not change again and again seeking a successful model in the marketplace. Concentrate on a world class team.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Although this debate will continue for ages, I tend to fall on the side of betting on the jockey, simply because it has been a rare business plan that did not change again and again seeking a successful model in the marketplace. Concentrate on a world class team.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Can you dominate that market? Is it the advantage of time – years of development ahead of any competitor? Do you have a world-class management team? Do anything you can to develop compelling products or early prototypes as proof of ability to reduce technology risk.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] John asked the same questions, but for very different reasons. Federal and state governments have what is called “Protected Classes.” Which classes apply to your company and the applicant are surely questions for a qualified attorney. Bob believes immigrants are lazy.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. To build it, weve hired some amazing people, including Nick Kim, who is now leading platform development at Crosscut.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. Programming should be the middle class job of the next 20 years. Ryan’s long-term goal is to help large populations of people train themselves at young ages with world-class online teachers. Americans watch 5.3

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Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2015

You can be the one to develop a product or service, promote it, and support it when you are a small operation. Email readers, continue here…] The first crisis is financial, funding the business, development, inventory, and marketing. Don’t be alarmed by this next statement. That’s relatively easy.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Nithin’s and the class of 2010’s initial inspiration was to, “…leave a legacy behind at our school, do something different, so we would be remembered.” . This principle proved to be true once again at Nithin’s High School, when his class decided they did NOT want a prom. Do what you love. The second thing is Networking.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? We got over 400 applications for the ten slots we had open in this class, and we picked ten amazing companies. So far, eight of the ten companies in our current class have raised outside funding, and we're really happy with how it's gone so far. So when is the next class?

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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. That’s a valuable lesson. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. I believe that you should always hire people are are looking to “punch above their weight class,&# which means to hire people who want to be one league above where they are today. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. I’m not one of those. Your solution?

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Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2010

The format also calls for the CEO to examine his calendar over a period of time and report classes of activities by percentage of total time spent, so that the group may add comments about use of CEO time to the critique. Email readers continue here.]

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2016

The Luddites would ruin machinery by “throwing a spanner in the works” (or a monkey wrench to the American reader). In order to combat the losses of traditional jobs we invested in education and training and public infrastructure that enabled the growth of the middle class. Industrialization. Mass transportation. Cost advantages.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2015

Making such predictions is a skill that can be developed, and here’s one method of doing so. Is there a market for your class of product at all? Email readers, continue here…] Second is product risk. There are five basic kinds of internal risks than a business faces over time. That discussion is for a future time.

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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.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

The videos on our web site have some proprietary techniques you can't find elsewhere, and we have thousands of heavy science videos on the site -- everything from Nobel prize winners, to National Geographic, to class videos on science and related to science, and even to things students are doing in high school.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition. More Feedback, Less Neglect.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

Yesterday, the X Prize Foundation (www.xprize.org) announced the finalists in the Progressive Automotive X Prize , a $10M competition geared at advancing automotive technology and developing 100 MPG automobiles. For our readers who haven't heard of the Progressive Automotive X Prize, can you talk about what it's all about?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2015

codeSpark develops the kids' game The Foos , which teaches kids the principles behind software programming, all without words, even for those who can't read or don't speak English. The original spark came, because my daughter, Naomi, who is six and was in first grade at the time, took a Lego Robotics class.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. The result is that I, the reader, had no interest in what was being sold in the ad yet I am a consumer in both verticals. In fact, Customer Experience (CX) turns the product development chart upside down. How does that happen?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

Journalists write stories that have an appeal to readers whether the accusations have merit or not. Develop Trusted Advisors. Good PR will help you punch above your weigh class. How do you lose that debate? Simple: he let other people tell the story. He didn’t respond quickly and forcefully.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I suspect Mr. Wadhwa used hyperbole in his TechCrunch blog post to get more readers to look at his work. But I’m opposed to using data to “prove&# unprovable facts because I know that readers are often susceptible to this kind of data manipulation. You’re not born into being a world-class software developer.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). This ended up developing into Visual Basic for Applications , the strategy for programmability in Microsoft Office. Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Communicating with the developers who write code.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

San Diego-based Awarepoint (www.awarepoint.com) is a developer of systems for tracking hospital assets, patients, and doctors, using RFID tags. Unlike Walmart, you don't have to walk through a reader or interrogator, because we have an active tag with a five year asset life, saying here I am. Congrats on funding.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Excel at classes that interested you and perform poorly in those which did not. No matter how fast and efficient you and your team are, products take time to develop, markets take time to mature and customers take time to understand and appreciate your value proposition. Partake in high-energy, extreme sports.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. How to be a successful iPhone developer - 47 Hats , July 20, 2010 I came across this YouTube video of Brian Greenstone from Pangea Software talking about how his company made $1.5

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