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After 20 years: Updating the Berkus Method of valuation

Berkonomics

Well, it had to happen. Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001. But a lot of time has passed since then.

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Google Unveils Backing For Snap Inc., As Snapchat's Founders Prep For IPO

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Google Capital , the late stage investment firm owned by Google parent Alphabet, Inc., has confirmed it is a backer of Snap, Inc. , the parent company of Snapchat. The confirmation of the investment came via a listing on the portfolio page of Google Capital, which was renamed CapitalG this week. In a related move, The Information says that Snap Inc.

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Silicon Beach Report Nov. 4: Snapchat Founders Add Share to Maintain Control After IPO

L.A. Business Journal

Snapchat founders add class of shares to maintain control after IPO, website optimizer Zarget raises $6 million, and Snapchat launches a ‘Snapshow’ with Jimmy Fallon.

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Hollar Launches Treasure Hunt To Spur Visits

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Los Angeles-based Hollar , the online bargain gifts and products retailer which just pulled in a big $30M funding round, has launched a "treasure hunt" to encourage its users to visit the site more often. The company's "Birthday Treasure Hunt" is peppering items such as Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, kate spade gold watches, and other high value items--at prices well below their retail--among the company's more typical $2 to $10 bargain, dollar-store type inventory.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Burbank Tech Talks (November): Recruiting Strategies to Grow Your Startup

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 10, 2016 -- Recruiting Strategies to Grow Your Startup. The City of Burbank, and TechFire. The City of Burbank, in partnership with TechFire, oresents the third in a series of Burbank Tech Talks, featuring advice for recruiting technical and business talent to grow your startup. Join us to hear from Todd Gitlin, the Managing Partner and Founder of Safire Partners, the most active executive search firm in Southern California focused on emerging growth companies.

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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Rolls Out Worldwide

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Santa Monica-based game publisher Activision said this morning that it has rolled out its latest Call of Duty title, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare , worldwide. The company said the title is now available both digitally as well as retailers worldwide. The title is the latest sequel to Activision's long running Call of Duty franchise, and was developed by Infinity Ward.

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Novatel Wireless Becomes Inseego, After Selling Off MiFi

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San Diego-based wireless equipment maker Novatel Wireless announed late Thursday, that it is reorganizing its business, and will rename itself Inseego Corp. The name change comes as part of an agreement to sell of its MiFi mobile broadband business to T.C.L. Industries Holdings (H.K.) Limited. Novatel Wireless reached a deal in September to sell of its MiFi business for $50M to TCL, which shifts the company from a provider of wireless hardware to instead a provider of Internet-of-Things and tele

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5 Ways Entrepreneurs Are Chefs Creating New Recipes

Startup Professionals Musings

I realized a while back that creating a new company for the first time is a lot like whipping up a great dinner entrée for the first time – you need a recipe, even though it may look simple. You know the basic ingredients, and you can visualize the results you want. Yet you may not be so sure where to start, and how to put it all together. In all cases, don’t skip the basic training.

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Sanofi’s Experience With Dengvaxia May Speed Development of Zika Vaccine

Xconomy

Dengvaxia, the first licensed vaccine for dengue virus, has now been approved in 11 countries where dengue is endemic. But sales of the vaccine, which were initially projected to reach €200 million this year, barely reached €20 million in the first half of the year, with little sign of picking up. Sanofi Pasteur, the group behind the vaccine, would have reason to be disappointed with these results, given that the company invested twenty years and €1.5 billion in its development.

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Bio Roundup: Clinical Shirkers, AMD Worriers, ASH Fallers & More

Xconomy

Our previous roundup came out last week before news broke that Susan Lindquist, a highly decorated and thoughtful researcher into the inner workings of proteins, passed away. She was 67. First at the University of Chicago and then MIT’s Whitehead Institute, Lindquist helped biologists see that all kinds of organisms—including ourselves—share errors of protein folding and can shed light onto human disease.