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. So, the company turned the ship, slowly it seemed, as R&D worked to develop an appropriate product using the base of the original design.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch. The investment was led by Union Square Ventures and included participation from Eniac Ventures, Human Capital and Flexport. Syrup Tech bags $6.3M to develop some sweet inventory-planning software.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Newport Beach-based Sendio , a provider of email and spam protection appliances, has rolled out a new system focused on small businesses, the firm said Monday afternoon. Sendio develops email security tools which reduce spam by requiring sender verification of messages before delivery. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2015

Rexter''s software--which runs across mobile platforms, tablets, and PCs--helps consolidate and manage their contacts from across social networking sites and email, and helps users manage those contacts and activities. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

Please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Via gets the “deal of the week” designation not just because its post-funding valuation is now $2.25 The on-demand shuttle startup raised $400 million, TechCrunch learned.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 28, 2010

Presented by the TriTech SBDC SBIR and STTR programs are designed to help launch technology companies towards success by providing initial or supplemental research capital. For additional registration information contact Sean Snider at (951) 571-6480 or by email at Sean.Snider@rcc.edu. Presented by the TriTech SBDC.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 7, 2014

During your venture’s early stages, each partnership, fundraising round and new customer results in incremental revenue, capital and greater propagation of your company’s technology. After you rang the Bell, you then sent an email to the entire company explaining the accomplishment you were celebrating. The Bell was not my idea.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2009

Messages and emails sent to the firm for confirmation were not returned. Sequoia Communications had raised over $50M in funding from such firms as BlueRun Ventures, Cadence Design Systems, Gabriel Venture Partners, Huntington Ventures, Motorola, Nokia Venture Partners, Tallwood Venture Capital, and Third Point Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Portions of the newsletter are published as an article on the main site after it has been emailed to subscribers (that’s what you’re reading now). The Station is emailed every Saturday morning. Email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The company of eight was engaged in web design, which, early in the growth of middle-sized business on the web, was hot at the time. And yes, his partner had a valid suit, having been locked out of the web-design business and denied access to decisions and accounting information. The surprise I could not ignore.

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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 boards are designed to showcase each and every member of management by having everybody lead a 20-minute update only to find out that no time has been allotted for discussion or debate. The founders of a company are fighting.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Since our industry has been so heavily dominated by male leadership in both tech and venture capital for so long, this “inclusion” is something that would benefit us all in making better decisions. It surprised me how many male executives emailed me back with a list of 3 or 4 women on their team who might be interested attending the film.

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Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

4 Rules For Email Design In [.] Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

One, is we build and design websites. The sixth is marketing analytics, including SEM/SEO, collecting customer names, emails -- we use ExactTarget for emails, and Omniture for Analytics. We started getting approached by venture capital and private equity, and we have eight figures in revenue. Bessemer approached us.

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From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. Jason laughed when he told me that he has rattled off inspirational emails to Paul Bricault, Amplify’s managing director, at 11:30 at night only to find an equally enthusiastic response in his in-box five minutes later. And they do all this in the span of four intense months.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. I also wrote an entire series on the topic of Startup Boards if you want to do any more reading that link has several articles you can dig into. How Do Boards Get Out of Sync?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. It’s the only way forward in capitalism, and it’s worth every investment you can make.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2009

Messages and emails sent to the firm for confirmation were not returned. Sequoia Communications had raised over $50M in funding from such firms as BlueRun Ventures, Cadence Design Systems, Gabriel Venture Partners, Huntington Ventures, Motorola, Nokia Venture Partners, Tallwood Venture Capital, and Third Point Ventures.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

An email subscription is coming! In many ways, this was like all the other Tesla events I’ve attended: the pumpy music and mood lighting, the designed-to-inspire kick off video, the Tesla superfans (pictured below), and the long lines for a brief test ride. Email me or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Have you raised capital? You will get a response via email to schedule a time to talk. We can likely provide technical strategy help at little to no cost, but hard core development generally requires that you have found someone to do it for you for equity or that you have some capital available (think $50K+).

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 12, 2015

One of my top former students, Fredi Fernandez , recently sent me a compelling email. Fredi''s email is worth reading, as it reinforces how lucky American entrepreneurs truly are. Even Google News decided to close in Spain due, to a new law designed to protect legacy businesses. He founded Alpha Origins in 2011.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 4, 2009

I first heard this term from the guys at First Round Capital. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. They generated an enormous amount of inbound leads through PR, email blasts and heavy efforts with analysts such as Gartner Group, IDC, Aberdeen Group, etc. Why Buy Mine? Why Buy Now?

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Sales Startup Platform Tips 319

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Have you raised capital? You will get a response via email to schedule a time to talk. We can likely provide technical strategy help at little to no cost, but hard core development generally requires that you have found someone to do it for you for equity or that you have some capital available (think $50K+).

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CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. So the company turned the ship, slowly it seemed, as R&D worked to develop an appropriate product using the base of the original design.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While free money may sound too good to be true, there are hundreds of grants available to small businesses in 2024 designed to make financing more accessible to business owners. But whether you're grappling with debt, or looking to expand, accessing third-party financing may be easier than you think. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

Veracity, which is backed by Microsemi and Frost Data Capital, recently inked a contract with the U.S. But, at the same time, because all those systems are designed to be air-gapped, there has been zero security built into those same systems. Paul Myer: Veracity was originally part of Frost Data Capital, as part of their incubator.

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Networking Startup Incubator Orange County 124

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. Coding, design, production, sales, finance, operations, marketing, and the like are all execution skills; and without great execution, success will be very hard to come by. Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

On the flip side, we attract those candidates, based on their affinity group, such as Blacks in Tech, Latinos In UI and UX design, women enggineers, and other affinity groups that attract talent, making them accesible to companies that are looking to hire for diversity. It's a community of underrepresented professionals.

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Technical Review Startup Platform Resource 140

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Those services work on volume, and the designs you can send--and which you receive--are from a limited selection, not at all personalized to the recipient, and for the florist delivering the flowers, provides slim margins and no opportunity to build a customer base. It''s sort of an Etsy for flowers. Farbod Shoraka: We''re really excited.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

We''ve created a marketplace that allows these business to instead access capital from individual and institutional investors, who get a return and also get to support small businesses in a way they couldn''t do so before. Ethan Senturia: If you''re a company, you can come to our site, give us a call, or shoot us an email.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

In Canada, INKSmith , a startup that was making design and tech tools accessible for kids, has now moved to making face shields and is hiring up to 100 new employees to meet demand. “I Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images). I think in the short term, we’re going to scale up to meet the needs of the province soon.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 18, 2012

Numerous innovators capitalized upon them as well, creating dozens of multi-billion-dollar enterprises. This leads them to design and create the best technology, without regard for the myriad of customer-centric, non-product-oriented issues that contribute to a product’s ultimate success or failure. TV photo by gbaku. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

I had probably spent eight months perfecting the product, and getting the design where it needed to be, and all patents filed. I'd already done hundreds of iterations of the design before we ever launched on Kickstarter, and I invested a lot of money in getting it ready for the Kickstarter phase. Patrick O'Neill.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

Asana promise to save time away from the full email inbox filled with spam mails. Moskovitz said,”We plan to use the capital primarily to grow our team: hiring the world’s best designers, engineers, and other contributors is by far the most important thing we do”. Asana also saves on time wasted in meetings.

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Funding Email Web Development Report 63

socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2020

The company just raised $6M in a Series A funding, led by Pelion Venture Partners, and also included Next Ventures, First Trust Capital Partners, The Daube Family office, Crosscut Ventures, M25 Group, Wild Ventures, and Hyde Park Venture Partners. We give you a doctor for life that you can text, call, and email anytime.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

For years now, companies have been forced to choose between cumbersome, expensive Virtual Data Rooms and decentralized, unsecure email to manage their complex transactions. million, brings the company’s aggregate amount of capital raised to $2.5 CapLinked is changing this with our intuitive and easy-to-use platform.”. million Raised.

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Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. InVenture is next stage microfinance – focusing on providing expansion capital. The Coloft is a space for entrepreneurs, independents, startups, programmers, designers, professionals, and awesome people in general.

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