Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

.” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I have thought a lot about anonymity over the years and actually have enjoyed debating the topic with those passionate about anonymity’s benefits because of course that’s how I learn.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 17, 2020

” During that time, he said he was “reading a lot about how other creative people dealt with grief” and realized there’s “a rich history” of novelists writing about their personal tragedies. “What you can change is how you feel about them, which kind of mirrors [real life].

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

How about forced loyalty , if you happen to have a monopoly in your niche? We react positively to suggestions, reward their loyalty with recognition, and make this important cohort not just seem to be, but actually be the ideal example of our mission personified. And in your years, you may have experienced all of these. It takes work.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

You will surely be able to identify an example of time bankruptcy that you have experienced in your past or present. So if you wonder why we focus on this subject to the extent of seeming redundant, well then, it’s about time. Depending upon others Surrounding yourself with talent'

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Employees of Twitter can’t stop raving about the company’s culture. Employees can’t stop talking about how they love working with other smart people. Workers rave about being part of a company that is doing something that matters in the world, and there is a sense that no one leaves until the work gets done.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Employees of Twitter can’t stop raving about the company’s culture. Employees can’t stop talking about how they love working with other smart people. Workers rave about being part of a company that is doing something that matters in the world, and there is a sense that no one leaves until the work gets done.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 11, 2024

How about the size of the board? What about multiple investor rounds? Look at the example of most non-profit boards, where the number of members often exceeds thirty, requiring the creation of an executive committee to get the work done. The post Fight for balance on your board!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

For example, people often do not automatically know that they are facing an ethical choice. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. As an example, companies often realize that faulty products are slipping out, but they delay a recall, sighting that strictly legal requirements are being met.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2012

by an expert and friend in this space, Arnie Kuenn , which offers guidance and examples on new and modern approaches for the rest of us: Build a blog. Here we are talking about interviewing industry experts. So I’m always on the lookout for some real experts, and some pragmatic guidance on how to attack this issue. All highlight you.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular. Obviously they wish they would have figured this out a bit more quickly, but as a young team I personally cut them a little bit more slack than I would if it were Oracle, for example.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2019

We caught up with Brian to hear more about the startup. I thought it was about time to do something about that, to make sure small business ownersnot just multi-million and billion dollar, Fortune 500 companiescould have access to all of the benefits and protection of the law. It's more about product differentiation.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

We all know about AngelGate by now. Here’s what you need to know… As a funny coincidence I happend to have written about the topic of collusion 3 weeks prior to the fateful dinner. They’re not in search of price fixing or collusion, they’re in search of diligence information about the company.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Most CEOs want to obtain information about their competitors in the most subtle and non-obvious ways. A fair example In my former industry, I became an informal centralized source for knowledge about the revenues of each of the many competitors, with a special skill for asking just the right questions to obtain the information.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

We sat down with TX Zhuo , who is heading up the firm's venture investments, about the fund and his path here after a recent stint at Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors fund in Palo Alto. Over the past few months I've been building my networking, and we've done about a deal a month so far. They're pretty competitive about deals.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Richard recently published a new book, The Soul Of A Deal , talking about his experience with deal making and interviewing such others as J.J.Abrams, Deepak Chopra, Peter Guber, Reid Hoffman, Penn Jillette and many others on their own experiences. We caught up with Richard to learn more about the book and deal making.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2015

We have made 5 online video investments in total – some we will talk about later this year. But here is the most misunderstood fact about YouTube that I think most smart business people have missed in their rush to criticize revenue splits* or CPMs. Take for example, an eCommerce company.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Let's take a look at some of the many ways businesses can benefit from these new models to streamline operations and deliver faster and more accurate results.We’ll begin by looking at some real-world examples and then we’ll dive into more details of how these improved search capabilities can enhance your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements about them to their own team, investors and even to customers. As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For example, let’s consider Mark. That blurb, and the following examples, were all generated from GPT in only a few seconds, at a cost of less than one penny. If having an LLM write the whole blurb seems like too much, we could also fill our empty textbox with a writing prompt: I know writing about yourself can be tough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2015

Most business managers preach that the key to success is holding employees accountable for actions, but I have found that successful entrepreneurs are all about holding themselves accountable. They skip the blame and complain game, and make things happen despite major obstacles. Use blame and complain in lieu of accepting accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2013

For example, people often do not automatically know that they are facing an ethical choice. Business ethics are more about religion than management or leadership. As an example, companies often realize that faulty products are slipping out, but they delay a recall, sighting that strictly legal requirements are being met.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Leading by example. By being a visible example. And what does it say about your corporate culture and your individual management style? How do you teach your work force that mistakes are OK as long as they learn and don’t repeat them? If the CEO can do this, he gives permission for anyone to confess as well,” he states.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 10, 2021

How about all those daily decisions? An example to make the point. Take for example, solving key technology problems that prevent a product from shipment, or from scaling to large production. How about early-stage companies with unique problems? It is true in every business, all the time.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Here’s a striking example. The most striking example was the one hundred million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Don’t rule a too–high negotiated price out until you think carefully about the terms of purchase as a tool for leverage.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up. Or, maybe it’s just about getting out of the way and watching what they can achieve. Wait, What About Yves? He launched our scout program as an example.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2016

Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements to their own team, to investors, and even to customers. As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2015

Many market research companies now use this data by ‘scraping’ the web to obtain detailed examples of the sentiment relating to particular issues, brands, products, and services. For example, Google’s Ngram service has already datafied over 5.2 Datafication of relationships and interactions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2021

Most experts agree that leadership, as perceived by people around you, is more about behavior than it is about specific skills or knowledge. The leadership one is setting a poor example by your own actions (“Do as I say, not as I do.”) Worry and fret about everything. Complain about being overwhelmed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Every entrepreneur should spend plenty of time thinking about competitors, and how they relate to your business, but you need to be very careful what you say out loud about them to your team, your investors, and your customers. Here are some common pitfalls or traps to avoid: Above all, don’t say you have no competitors.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2023

Here’s a business example: “To be at a $25 million run rate by the end of our fifth year in business.” The good thing about a goal is that it is measurable, and progress toward it can be measured as well. You can express it in terms of money, market share, influence or other measure that reflects success. That is measurable.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And that certainly counts for customers too, although the customer jungle drums don’t communicate quite as fast as the virtual water cooler system, even with today’s many ways of posting negative reviews about company behavior. An example of doing this right. A personal example of reinforcing corporate culture.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 22, 2022

How about forced loyalty? We react positively to suggestions, reward their loyalty with recognition, and make this important cohort not just seem to be, but actually be the ideal example of our mission personified. First, negative kinds of loyalty: Here’s another way to look at the ladder to an ideal customer loyalty relationship.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 24, 2020

I have to start by saying that the most important thing about being cited in news sources is that you have to be newsworthy. Now that might go without saying, but what we as marketers might consider newsworthy about our brands isn’t necessarily newsworthy to a writer or to the greater public. Choosing the right content idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The entrepreneurial mindset is a function of motivation, priorities, and risk versus reward, all of which you set or enable by your leadership and example. Employees will care only about work they create.” Hire employees who have strong skills, with the motivation to learn new ones.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In an example of why technology companies serious about content continue to flock to Los Angeles, an epic Youtube video selling a used 1996 Honda Accord --complete with overhead drone video across the Southern California coast--posted last Thursday--has gone viral.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 2, 2018

Think about your positioning. For example, Internet resellers have a better chance to combine price and quality than those with much more fixed overhead occupying a bricks-and-mortar physical presence in the community. Here are a few examples to help you. Innovation. Your challenge: to find, position, and defend your niche.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In addition to defining the problem, she makes concrete suggestions on how to change work for the better, taking advantage new technologies, and new thinking brought about by this new era. A key to success is for you take the initiative and make the conversation about the other person. Be curious about work items you don’t understand.

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