socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2011

The University of Southern California and the New York Times said this week that the two are partnering to provide online, continuing education courses this fall, across seven different study areas. READ MORE>>.

Education 157

Education Course USC UCLA 157

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, HotOutlines.com has debuted its service, which lets students and colleges and universities upload their class notes, outlines, and study guides, and sell them for a commission.

Class 153

Class Study Guide Course 153

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

Course 104

Course Email Social Network Ideas 104

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Of course, the response depends upon lots of variables, including whether the company is in a fund-raising mode (in which case the CEO may be spending up to 80% of their time on this alone). It is from over a thousand of these CEO presentations over the years that I attempt to make the following generalities. It represents strategic thinking.

Class 194

Class Organization Technical Review Activity 194

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

Class 93

Class Course Writing Slides 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up.

Startup 142

Startup Case Study Course Entrepreneur 142

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

Course 97

Course Writing Slides Email 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A new, massive open online course (MOOC) from the University of California, Irvine , hopes to teach students all kinds of concepts from social science, public health, mathematics and physics--all based on material from AMC''s television show, "The Walking Dead". The course is free to anyone who wants to register. READ MORE>>.

Course 159

Course Education Class 159

Xconomy

JUNE 12, 2019

At public research universities like U-M, introductory courses in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects are the required first steps in the process of earning a STEM degree. These huge lecture classes enroll hundreds of students, which can make them overwhelming in size, and the material can be difficult.

Equity 85

Equity Class Education Course 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

Take advantage of the tech classes, labs, equipment, and graduate students looking for real world problems to research. Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Business plan assistance. Early-stage funding.

Incubator 172

Incubator Mentor Class Resource 172

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2023

During the discussions with the CEO about hiring North American managers, he made it clear that he wanted us to find a first-class office facility from which to start the search process, and proceeded to name cities that attracted him. Everything has changed of course.

Startup 156

Startup Class Course Email 156

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

These are still the driving focus behind most marketing courses, and deserve to be so. More we are taught in marketing classes. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand. There are lots of ways to define how to market well, including the four P’s of marketing (1): product, price, promotion and place.

Marketing 156

Marketing Demand Class Pricing 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2010

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

Course 53

Course Writing Ideas Class 53

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. These courses all proved to be serious influences on turning the dream of starting their own company into a reality. Fall quarter of Sr.

Class 231

Class Startup Santa Barbara RSS 231

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up.

Tips 122

Tips Startup Course Case Study 122

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

According to the foundation, the new X PRIZE Lab@USC will include a semester-long course for undergraduates, enrolling students from both the School of Engineering and USC Marshall School of Business. Tags: xprize foundation space flight prize award research class course education grant. READ MORE>>.

USC 154

USC Course Class Research 154

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk. Bring in an experienced Board and world-class leaders. Of course, customer relationships, and penetration into new market segments are also critical elements. Increase communication, both internally and externally.

Startup 151

Startup Course Sales Entrepreneur 151

InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2015

I treat each of my classes as a product that the students are paying a lot of money to consume. For instance, I assign an Ombudsman in all my classes in order to gather anonymous feedback. Thus, diligent students leave my classes with insights and tools they can directly apply to their jobs after graduation. Challenging.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Class Course Case Study 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Of course, every new direction has some challenges, so the super angel model isn’t perfect. Super angels have greater scope to match talent with a startup.

Guide 136

Guide Venture Capital Funding Class 136

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2011

La Jolla-based SwoopThat , an online comparison search site for textbooks, said today that it has expanded its course search technology on the site, making it easier for students to save on textbooks. Simkin graduated from Harvey Mudd College last year. READ MORE>>.

Services 159

Services Course Class Sites 159

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Of course, the response depends upon lots of variables, including whether the company is in a fund-raising mode (in which case the CEO may be spending up to 80% of his or her time on this alone). Analyzing your commitments of time to business. 15% typically is spent on direct management issues such as supervision of next level subordinates.

Class 243

Class Organization Activity Customer 243

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. 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.

Class 120

Class Course Report Competition 120

Berkonomics

MAY 21, 2020

Assuming that a corporate whistle-blower is not tooting about you individually, such a class of people have been granted protections under the law and serve a function that needs to be acknowledged. Motive of the whistle-blower. Quickly dealing with it and the consequences always is the lesser of numerous alternatives. Personal motivation?

Report 156

Report Class Course Email 156

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” Of course the concentration of capital in growth firms and the intense competition to fund the best deals leads to some risks.

Venture Capital 362

Venture Capital Capital Startup Writing 362

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2012

The site--headed by CEO Jason Nazar--said today that it has launched a selection of expert, video courses , featuring over 100 hours of video. The company said the launch is a "major move" for the firm into paid-video courses, and is an evolution of the company's focus on small businesses documents. READ MORE>>.

Course 178

Course Santa Monica Sites Pricing 178

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Last week, the WSJ ran a great article on the value of college humanities courses, and used comments from a successful entrepreneur to make their case. I was wrong, and the article was a good reminder that telling your company's full story is a critical element in raising capital.

Startup 173

Startup Class Course Capital 173

Berkonomics

JUNE 4, 2020

Most college econ courses teach marginal economics. So, not to scare those who didn’t take econ, here is a simple explanation. Let’s use breakeven as our test. Let’s say that your company is exactly at breakeven. Here’s the importance of that event and how it affects every productive move you make after that moment.

.Net 156

.Net Sales Tool Email 156

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2015

LA''s General Assembly and fellow Los Angeles company.XYZ are offering up a free domain name, website hosting, and General Assembly course credits to entrants to a new design contest, which challenges web designers to create a website based on the.xyz domain extension. The contest starts on January 9th, and runs through February 15th.

Design 100

Design LMU Web Design Pepperdine 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. Of course – some people can be remote. He of coursed required me to lobby on his behalf as well. Of course he pitched me the entire ride down. Jordan Hudson.

Startup 372

Startup Course Ideas Invest 372

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Of course, there are external risks that cannot be controlled or predicted but can be planned for as well – natural disasters, sudden political or economic events that rattle the entire economy, and more. Is there a market for your class of product at all? First let’s eliminate external risks for this conversation.

Competition 156

Competition Marketing Class Product 156

Berkonomics

AUGUST 2, 2018

There are five major classes or niches a company should examine and make its own in calculating positioning in the marketplace. There can be nothing more important in your business planning that selecting the proper pricing niche, making your story clear using that niche, and the defending your position against the competition. Innovation.

Pricing 226

Pricing Competition Examples Class 226

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Of course you’ve probably known of Meg as a business leader for many years, formerly as President and CEO of Hewlett Packard and the CEO of eBay before that, but since late 2018 she has been the CEO of Quibi (joining founder Jeffrey Katzenberg as the first employee).

Content 244

Content Netflix Platform Mobile 244

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2022

Education: More students and different classes. Everyone is predicting a rise in massive open online courses (MOOC) , that will drive the need for new course content, architecture, and delivery approaches. As Boomers migrate to the Sunbelt, and everyone orders more online, I can hardly wait for drones to use the sky to help out.

Demand 103

Demand Startup Course Summary 103

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Many of us learned about substitute products in undergrad economics courses. Of course branding is many things and this post doesn’t attempt a master class. We of course all instinctively know when we see a brand that is well established what it stands for?—?Warby Here are some ideas of what I believe matters.

Product 296

Product Course Custom Customer 296

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2016

And of course fudging never produces world-class results, so many companies suffer from mediocrity. And while leaders set direction, of course it is teams that deliver results. The leader can only point and recruit world-class people but the results are owed to the team. And trust me, the world is FILLED with naysayers.

Organization 150

Organization Course Ideas Class 150

Eric Greenspan

APRIL 12, 2013

At the Wizard, classes are offered for: computers, software, tablets, phones, setup on stereo receivers, DVDs, cabling, and even how to make a patch cable. The classes are posted online and members can sign up. Per course: $9.99. Then finish your course on lynda.com when you return.

Course 124

Course Class Education Guide 124

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2013

Fast forward two and a half years later and ProProfs is one of the leading online tools that lets the public and private sectors to create online quizzes, polls, surveys, flashcards, and classes with an extensive list of options. Creating an online class or tutorial is simple on ProProfs.

Tool 77

Tool Class HTML Pricing 77