Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

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. Well, it had to happen.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. The Yin and Yang of Product and Engineering - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 22, 2010 For a tech company, product and engineering are the heart and soul of the business. Tesla is not.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. Have the breakthrough technology. Good press and industry mojo wasn’t enough to overcome the financial metrics of the business and the offers came in at more like $10 million. Call me when you’re ready to leave.” “Dude, we saw a bunch of those last year.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Cody Simms: Ultimately, our mission is to be the best, global ecosystem for bringing new technology to market. Cody Simms: Obviously, I live here in LA, and I have been since 2005. Sometimes entrepreneurs ask if we need certain metrics and traction�you don't. We have around 24 or 25 programs running across the world now.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

For a similar company, with the same metrics and stage, valuations had been tiny. If you go back to 2005 and 2006 and look at a company which would have a $5M pre- then, it''s now $8 to $10M, all else equal. What do you think will take Southern California''s technology community to the next level? It''s more a matter of time.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 15, 2009

We also provide the consumer a slew of tools, that will help them upload their resume and manage their online identity, plus we also have a resume builder function, detailed metrics on exactly who is viewing their resume, and the ability to create and manage multiple versions of their resume. Are those resume public or private?

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Brian Garrett: It's analytics, it's delivery platforms, it's optimization of technology facilitating compression to delivery of video. In about 2005, I started looking at the local market, and realized that there are not lots of enterprise IT companies here, which is Palomar's focus. They've got some nice metrics behind them.

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