Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Of course, even though that is your contract with the investors, way over half of those implied contracts never work out that way. Of course, you will find yourself in opposition to your investors and some of most of your board members if you do this after taking outside investment. What if you later decide to just keep control?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2019

How to Deal with Electronic Distractions Of course the biggest competition you have with the attention of your board members is their mobile phones. Most board members don’t have the intention of checking email, reading the news or sending a quick text message but just like most smokers don’t want to pull out a cigarette?

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Tech.Co

JUNE 5, 2024

However, you might be surprised to find out how much free capital is available to small businesses in the form of small business grants. The program runs in partnership with Next Street, LISC, and Verizon, and offers online resources to help businesses thrive in the digital economy, in addition to capital.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Time and fixed overhead: [Email readers, continue here…] That relationship between fixed overhead and production time is as critical as any other factor in the success of a young company. It did not take long for the partner to become impatient with the relatively small size of the opportunity.

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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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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Vision, risk and capital, oh my! And few think of the risks that increase over time as initial capital is expended. Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Everyone has a vision when starting a business.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Vision, risk and capital, oh my! And few think of the risks that increase over time as initial capital is expended. Email readers, continue here…] The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Everyone has a vision when starting a business.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

Kleiner Perkins , one of the most storied franchises in venture capital, has already invested much of the $600 million it raised last year and is now going back out to the market to raise its 19th fund, according to multiple sources. Mamoon Hamid is heading from Social Capital to Kleiner Perkins. Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman.

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Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2020

Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. In past insights we have calculated the amount of additional capital needed for a business as it grows, and the additional capital required is often surprisingly large. It may not be equity.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 18, 2012

Managing Director, Incubic Management (a venture capital fund in Mountain View, CA). Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Tuesday, January 24, 2012 -- Milton Chang, Ph.D., Free and open to the public.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital. You betcha.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

But often, entrepreneurs turn to others for initial capital. Describing that capital using the phrase “friends, family and fools,” or “FFF,” has become as common as to be trite. Investors love to see entrepreneurs who have used their own money to ignite their businesses. What if some past investors don’t meet that standard?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

Of course, unlike cars there is no direct comparison across each startup so these are just some general guidelines to try and even the information field. What was the post money on your last round (and how much capital have you raised)? In the first place they’re looking for “fit” with their firm. The “how much have you raised?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

Are you raising an appropriate amount of capital relative to your progress, relative to your team size and relative to your needs? VCs want you to raise the “appropriate” amount of capital, which I would define as what is reasonable given your progress to date, your resources and your needs for an 18–24 month period. Cash In Cash in.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2012

They spoke of a need to prove out revenues in order to raise capital and a stark contrast to many Silicon Valley firms whose goal is user numbers over revenues. In the age of Skype, email, cheap telephony and collaboration tools it’s all too easy to sit in your office and connect with people remotely. ” OF COURSE!

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 2, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] WalMart is known for lowest prices, often for identical merchandise found in other stores for more. Assume that you are not an Internet retailer with many competing products to sell. For you, it is important for the image of the company to be known for one of the above attributes above others.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

And most of us investors are frustrated by the lack of regular communication – unless of course – the company needs more money. Email readers, continue here…] Prepare for your annual meetings well. Of course, a public company is not entitled to pare its information to reduce exposure to competitors.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 9, 2015

And there are limits of course. Email readers, continue here…] I was once in the record business. Of course, the major hits paid for thousands of misses. In venture capital, the conventional wisdom is that one in ten investments will more than pay for the complete loss of half of those ten investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

“I truly believe the ‘girlboss’ term was created to celebrate an emerging wave of female leaders – which is still rare in business, and was even rarer around 10 years ago when the phrase was popularized,” Green told TechCrunch in an email. . And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Of course, even though that is your contract with the investors, way over half of those implied contracts never work out that way. Email readers, continue here…] If you have no intention of giving up ownership or even control over time, state that early and plan accordingly.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. Of course I would like to be in every great deal ever done. Oh, the conferences.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Then in addition, there are the exits that returned some portion of capital, but nothing more. Of course, a “big hit” successful outcome is preferable for all. I’ve been involved with well over twenty successful exits and four initial public offerings over the years, some of them with monstrous gains, some more modest.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 9, 2018

Of course, venture-funded startups with long product creation times do not fit this mold as easily, often funded for long periods of losses with many more employees at hand in development positions. Email readers, continue here…] But at or around the 20-employee mark, the founders usually find that two things occur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Instead of following a proscribed course which may lead nowhere, entrepreneurial leaders such a Thiel are sparking a change in the way we think about success. Thiel is providing his mentees with capital to make their startups a reality. When you don't accept capital from someone else, you aren't beholden to anyone else's input.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. 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. How Many Investors Should You Speak With? Sometimes?—?best

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Email readers, continue here.] And few think of the risks that increase over time as initial capital is expended. The best advice to anyone considering this course of action is to measure one’s ability to take the risk. Everyone has a vision when starting a business.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Of course, we are speaking of increased valuation of your company when we speak of “wealth.” Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? So, let’s examine them and mitigate them. Make you wealthy someday. The carrot and the stick. Second: Market risk. .

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. It’s obvious that we can be too late to these decisions of course. Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. When should you start a company?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

Of course, listening alone isn't enough. Even in today’s remote environments, you can use video sessions, social media, and email to keep up with team efforts informally and share updates, both positive and negative. While this sometimes takes patience, over time you will find it is the best way to really learn.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

I see it on email even more. ” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. Early in his days when he was raising capital for DocStoc he came to see me a lot. It seems we live in an era of “ask.” ” I see it on Twitter.

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Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

If you don’t know these things, how are you going to course-correct if things go differently than forecast? Assists you in raising capital. Email readers, continue here.] A business plan is yours alone. A business plan: Organizes your thoughts to better run your business. Helps you to be more focused. Determines feasibility.

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Eric Greenspan

JULY 3, 2012

The company was always seeking capital. As an entrepreneur, my greatest lesson learned here was how difficult it is to find capital for a services business. Venture capital firms have a distaste for the smaller multiples earned by services businesses, along with the challenge to scale such a business. Of course).

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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? Some board members spend all of their time in the meeting on electronic devices doing email or even checking social media. Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

The next step is to effectively and continuously communicate through multiple channels, including walking-the-talk, email, and really listening to feedback. Many leaders do this today by supporting and promoting a higher-level purpose, beyond profits, such as helping the disadvantaged, sustaining the environment, or Conscious Capitalism.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. Please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. The response was overwhelming. It wasn’t just the number of you who reached out.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

We try to look at the sources of capital, the valuations, exits and trends. Of course we fund companies in good markets and bad. We’re sending it directly to people’s email boxes but I figured we might as well make it public so you all have access to it. Every year at Upfront we try to analyze the venture markets.

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