Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

One of the hardest things about the fund-raising process for entrepreneurs is that you’re trying to raise money from people who have “asymmetric information.” VC firms see thousands of deals and have a refined sense of how the market is valuing deals because they get price signals across all of these deals. So why does a VC ask you?

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

You’ve informed your top management of the pending but still secret deal and they know they will be impacted and are a bit skittish. Email readers, continue here…] First, should you inform your employees of the deal? Everyone on the board is anxious to close this. You’ve committed time to do whatever is needed.

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socalTECH

MAY 29, 2014

Glendale-based emergency communications and alert provider Everbridge said late Wednesday that it has launched a new product, aimed at the information technology industry. Pricing on the new product was not announced. everbridge alerting mass notification information technology sysadmin administrator operations communications'

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of secure document sharing software led by Eric Jackson, said this morning that it has released a new set of Information Security (InfoSec) tools, aimed at helping companies to protect information they are sharing with external parties. Pricing on the new offering was not announced.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2020

Two slices of the pie for one price. And it is a tempting slice of pie – two slices for one price – to take a critically needed employee from a competitor, damaging that firm while building yours. The negative aspects of the process. Legal issues.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Investment bankers sometimes slow the process by requiring a cloud-based “data room” and “deal book” to be prepared containing considerable information about a company to help a buyer. And yet, it is almost universally acknowledged that without competition for a deal, the price will be lower, sometimes much lower.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

The organization, like Vistage, manages roundtables of CEOs meeting monthly in small groups, where they discuss their mutual challenges and help solve each other’s complex problems, acting as an informal board of advisors. Gather information to support your observations. How do roundtables operate? Every leader has stories to tell.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2018

For most consumers with a credit card, many of those cards have a feature called "price protection"--which promises to provide you with cash back if prices drop on an item you've purchased. But, how many people actually bother to submit for those refunds and follow prices after you purchase an item? What's Earny?

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2011

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm , the mobile, SMS, email, and marketing firm headed by Jared Reitzen, has launched a new product to help its customers promote their mobile applications. Pricing on the new service was not announced by the company. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

The process for retailers and brands to liquidate excess inventory hasn’t changed very much, if at all, and while some retailers were able to build operational infrastructure to service the off-price channels, it continues to be a constant pain point. Buyers then can bid on the goods.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2011

How did an email marketing provider turn into a provider of software which mashes up a combination of email marketing, wiki, customer service management, event and meeting management tool, project management software, and much more? Lars Helgeson: We started about ten years ago, with an email marketing platform called CoolerEmail.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 7, 2016

There is so much information being shot at us daily via social media streams that we should monitor and control that which pertains to our business – and do so with some level of expertise. There are tools to inform you when your company name or personal name is mentioned. Those links will improve your search results as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 2, 2011

It’s apropos because there is so much noise these days with email, Twitter, Facebook, blogs, web shows, etc. We have an informed point of view. We might differ in opinion but not in information sources and knowledge of the issues. And I’m delighted that this level of information is out there. Examples: Bin38.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Here are some of our top recommendations to get you started: Email Finder Tool – Voila Norbert. The result will appear in a panel below the search fields, indicating if it’s a 100 percent confirmed email address. Pricing: Valet – up to 1000 leads/month, $49. Pricing: Essential – for growing startups, $37/month.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Suppliers need you to be a good customer, to pay a reasonable price for goods or services, to pay your bills on time, and of course to reorder when the time comes. Both sides win when you take the effort to inform, challenge, and partner with suppliers. Handling suppliers’ needs.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

You’ve informed your top management of the pending deal and they know they will be impacted and are a bit skittish. First, should you inform your employees of the deal? Email readers, continue here.] So you’ve found the buyer, received a letter of interest, signed it, and tied your company up for a period to complete the deal.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Email updates frequently. If you have investors or board members that have wide relationships you can get significantly more value out of them by keeping them informed. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically. Make your emails actionable.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Communicate frequently and proactively The most effective CEOs that I’ve observed send regular, short, board update emails every few weeks or monthly just to give the board a sense of what is going on. But I find that the more informed your board is and the more you’re staying on their radar screen the more effective they’ll be for you.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] Too often the person you call your chief financial officer is trained in accounting, which is primarily a process of looking backward over events in the past. These include having a current knowledge of competitors’ hiring practices, pricing strategy, and more. Third is finance risk.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

A third demonstration of overcoming market risk is by holding controlled focus groups and gathering information from unbiased potential customers supporting the acceptance of the product or service. Email readers, continue here…] A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market.

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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

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. If we got an offer to raise $25 million to grow would she take it or be too worried about exit price, dilution, valuation expectations, etc. I don’t believe in paying the highest price to win deals.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 29, 2018

In the end, the company had to turn to a wealthy individual investor who took control of the corporation as his price for saving the company. Finally agreeing upon expansion at speed, the angels raised more money and encouraged the CEO to accelerate the expansion, which the CEO did with enthusiasm.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Investment bankers sometimes slow the process by requiring a “deal book” to be prepared containing considerable information about a company to help a buyer. And yet, it is almost universally acknowledged that without competition for a deal, the price will be lower, sometimes much lower. Deal books are expensive to create.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2014

The organization, like Vistage, manages roundtables of CEOs meeting monthly in small groups, where they discuss their mutual challenges and help solve each other’s complex problems, acting as an informal board of advisors. Gather information to support your observations.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? A third demonstration of overcoming market risk is by holding controlled focus groups and gathering information from unbiased potential customers supporting the acceptance of the product or service. Second: Market risk. .

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] Suppliers need you to be a good customer, to pay a reasonable price for goods or services, to pay your bills on time, and of course to reorder when the time comes. Both sides win when you take the effort to inform, challenge, and partner with suppliers. Your customers want to be treated as special.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. Yet I am amazed to see from recent data that nearly 28 percent of small businesses today still have no web presence at all.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

cash & unallocated stock options) Should we raise capital, from whom, how much and at what price? We then do a cocktail party so that everybody can have informal conversations (including LP to LP) and then we do a dinner in a private room at a restaurant. The founders of a company are fighting. Can we help them get along?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you get into a high-growth company and you have asymmetric information on how the management team is performing?—?this this seems like amongst the most valuable investment available because it’s not necessarily fully priced like a public-market investment. Maybe add your email to receive the next post delivered to your email box?

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Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] How do you reach an audience that pays less attention to advertising then at any time in the past one hundred years? How do you reach this hyper -conscious audience?

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

Sean Broihier: When I was doing the site for my brother, every time they did an in-store promotion, or had an appearance, or they needed to change the prices on their prints, he had to call me, because I had done the website for him. myself and two women who do customer service and tech support for me via phone and email. the payroll.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

I think it may be helpful to think about your relationships as “continuous boards” in which you more frequently send texts or emails or do short update calls to keep investors in sync on the changes in your business. Photo by Pineapple Supply Co.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

As a result founders often meet the wrong investors, waste time on those who ask for more information. The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. If a VC “ghosts you” (i.e.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Either way, very few startups can afford to forge new markets or create a product that does not fit into an existing class of increasing demand. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. Fly with, not against the prevailing winds of change.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Either way, very few startups can afford to forge new markets or create a product that does not fit into an existing class of increasing demand. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. Fly with, not against the prevailing winds of change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. It needs to have great search and display capabilities as well as spreadsheet-like sorting so you can look at the information in various ways. Even email is a problem.

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