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Berkonomics
AUGUST 3, 2023
Friends, family and fools: [Email readers, continue here…] This term, although pejorative, describes the typical mix of early investors in a small, young growing business. Professional angels: This is the arena where I work and play. Do not expect grand valuations of your enterprise from these professional angels.
Berkonomics
JULY 5, 2018
Most businesses fall into the class of those that can be sold someday to a willing buyer. Accepting venture or angel money is to create a contract between the investors and the entrepreneur that the business will someday be sold or even go public to create an exit for the investors. What creates value in a business? .
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Berkonomics
APRIL 4, 2019
Email readers, continue here…] Prepare for your annual meetings well. If there is a concern over some investors gaining a competitive advantage, the amount of information may be reduced to the minimum for some classes of those investors. But don’t worry. Few investors will show up that day.
Berkonomics
JUNE 8, 2017
Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. Professional angels: This is the arena where I work and play. Do not expect grand valuations of your enterprise from these professional angels.
Berkonomics
APRIL 14, 2012
Email readers, continue here.] If there is a concern over some investors gaining a competitive advantage, the amount of information may be reduced to the minimum for some classes of investors. There is a provision that a waiver of notice may be signed preventing this need, but it requires that all shareholders sign).
Berkonomics
JUNE 17, 2011
Most businesses fall into the class of those that can be sold someday to a willing buyer. Accepting venture or angel money is to create a contract between the investors and the entrepreneur that the business will someday be sold or even go public to create an exit for the investors. Email readers continue here.]
socalTECH
JUNE 20, 2012
There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? At this stage, too, companies re small.
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