socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Broadcom said it would pay $86M net of cash to acquire Percello, in a combination of cash plus employee stock options. The firm said the acquisition will help it accelerate its time to market for femtocell technology. Irvine-based Broadcom has acquired Percello Ltd. , The firm also said it will hold up to $12.0M READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As enterprises look for managed network service providers to meet their growing needs, a close look at a provider’s capabilities will help determine which provider can best serve your business and IT needs. On-Net Locations. On-net areas are locations that are on an existing fiber optic network and thus can be easily connected.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Be delightfully authentic and honest.

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socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2020

Our interview today is with Greg Martin , co-founder of LiquidStock (www.liquidstock.com), an investment fund which offers up a way for employees of private companies to exercise their stock options before an IPO or acquisition. Greg Martin: I raised a fund called LiquidStock, with three partners. We closed in January of 2019.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JANUARY 2, 2019

To expand coverage in high-demand areas, such as densely populated areas like Southern California, finding a local carrier network infrastructure provider is often the best option. Some will have a wider array of infrastructure options and coverage than others. Assess On-Net Fiber Optic Maps. References. ¹ [link]. ² [link].

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. It’s an option, even though an expensive one. For you who fit that description, nice work.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

They can also help you with an SBA (Small Business Administration) loan, if that path is correct for you. Factoring companies can help you with working capital needs when your business grows quickly by filling the money “gap” created between new billings and actual collections. For unsecured loans, the universe of options is broad.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

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. Trade equity or services for startup help. You can see that all of these options require work and commitment on your part, so there is no magic or free money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

Elon Musk via Flickr by TED Conference To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Some of my favorite, non-apocryphal long-ball negotiation deals include: Hard Day''s Help - Walter Shenson, the Producer of The Beatles’ movies, “A Hard Day’s Night” and “Help” negotiated complete ownership of both films’ rights 15-years after their respective releases. This option cost Mr. Shenson nothing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The value proposition is a short statement that clearly communicates the target customer, the customer’s problem and the pain that it causes, the unique solution that addresses this problem, and the net benefit of this solution from the customer's perspective. The net benefit of this solution from the customer’s perspective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

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. Trade equity or services for startup help. You can see that all of these options require work and commitment on your part, so there is no magic or free money.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 18, 2012

In the beginning there were few variations of domain types you purchase as you had a selection of.com,net, or.org. With so many options for a business owner to chose from, where do you even start. With so many options for a business owner to chose from, where do you even start. Dot CO is setting out to help change all that.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 27, 2014

In addition to the lack of go-to-market assistance provided by celebrity investors, VCs discourage the involvement of celebrities because such investments often come with egregious demands for Hollywood-style "sweeteners," such as "advisor options," which reduce the cost of the celebrity''s investment while diluting the other investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

I just finished a new book, Agility: How to Navigate the Unknown and Seize Opportunity in a World of Disruption , by Leo Tilman and Charles Jacoby, which has helped me net out the key principles for businesses to become more agile.

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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. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. Remember, help is only a mentor away. SBA Programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

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. Trade equity or services for startup help. You can see that all of these options require work and commitment on your part, so there is no magic or free money.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. How should I best prepare for that?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Take little to no net profit. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. It’s critical to them, since that’s the only way they can realize a return on investment, but it limits your options for growth and change. Reinvest gross profit.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 5, 2015

When we launched GoToAssist, we offered our customers the option to brand the customer-facing webpages with their logo and brand colors. If we had utilized a “cost-based” pricing model, we would have charged a few hundred dollars for this option. The effort to implement this customization was minimal and thus cost us very little.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. The minute you raise VC you have one option – grow & try to become big. They won’t do this before you prove yourself but once you hit a minimum scale this is always an option. You own the IP you create.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. According to Eric M. The innovation is in line with the industry trends.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

Across the board, the whole company is very focused on the overall success of that program, to really drive the awareness and education in the market on those new TLDs, make it easier for people to get them, and not just letting them buy those TLDs, but helping them turn them into sites, blogs, and applications.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee. Thus, before ever receiving a dime, I helped the company in a direct and material way. Bilbo signed up for 1/14th of any treasure secured by his company of dwarfs.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In fact, contestants were even given a chance to call a friend and poll the audience for help. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. As described in What The Heck Are My Stock Options Worth? , Total options granted to employees. The payout was also unique.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

This option was not attractive to the management team because the SEC’s onerous regulations would have severely constrained our liquidity. Run A Sales Process – Establishing an auction was the least attractive option, even though this approach might have driven up the purchase price. VC Funding Alternative.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Take little to no net profit. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. It’s critical to them, since that’s the only way they can realize a return on investment, but it limits your options for growth and change. Reinvest gross profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Be delightfully authentic and honest.

Entrepreneur 66

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In a recent book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Be delightfully authentic and honest.

Entrepreneur 112

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

In fact, contestants were even given a chance to call a friend and poll the audience for help. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. As described in What The Heck Are My Stock Options Worth? , Total options granted to employees. The payout was also unique.

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socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2011

We've put all options on the table. In every other state that this has happened, they didn't collect any additional taxes, business left the state, and there was a net negative effect. Thanks for helping to illuminate the issue here, and good luck. We're still receiving notices today. It's very predictable. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In a book on this subject from a while back, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Be delightfully authentic and honest.

Startup 101

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Equity Focused – Display your belief in the startup by negotiating for an out-sized stock option grant, in exchange for a lower base salary. As discussed in W-2 Income Sucks , favorable tax treatment of capital gains allows you to retain a greater portion of the wealth you have helped to create. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

Test your pricing and packaging options, and tune them regularly. Use Net Promoter Score (NPS) to help you turn visitors into raving fans. Provide irresistible offers to keep their attention. Even if your visitors can easily understand your value proposition, they may be turned off by the way the value is packaged and presented.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2021

It comes in fresh, single-serving packages for breakfast, lunch or dinner and you can select options that fit what your goals are in terms of eating. Many of the options are 400–600 calories, which is a great size for a meal if you’re trying to manage to 1500–1800 calories / day (many women) or 1800–2200 calories / day (many men).

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee. Thus, before ever receiving a dime, I helped the company in a direct and material way. Bilbo signed up for 1/14th of any treasure secured by his company of dwarfs.

Startup 145

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Take little to no net profit. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. It’s critical to them, since that’s the only way they can realize a return on investment, but it limits your options for growth and change. Reinvest gross profit.

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