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Selling your business? Find the emotional buyer

Berkonomics

There is a third class of buyer I discovered first hand when selling my company – the emotional buyer. Email readers, continue here…] You may be a most successful direct competitor, one that the buyer’s sales people have observed jealously and nervously, sometimes even jumping over to your company as a result.

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Take advantage of the good times to build stakeholder loyalty.

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Email readers, continue here…] Sometimes a secondary fund-raising effort leads to a lower valuation than the last. And it is that disconnected employee, usually one or more of the better performers, that starts looking for a job when times look bad for a company. Investor loyalty is most tenuous of all.

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What’s your business “end game?” 

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Most businesses fall into the class of those that can be sold someday to a willing buyer. Email readers, continue here…] All businesses and their management should be aware and perhaps planning for the end game, and that includes boards of directors as well. What if you’ve taken outside investors over the years?

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Entrepreneurs: Employment law is not on your side!  

Berkonomics

Ah, and those required posters in the lunchroom [Email readers, continue here…] Notice that every poster that is required to be displayed in a company public area (usually the lunchroom) is posted for the benefit of the employee to inform them of rights granted by law.

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StartEngine Launches New Class of 14 Startups

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Los Angeles startup accelerator StartEngine has launched its third class, a new batch of fourteen startups which have set up shop in the incubator's Westwood Village space under the watchful eyes of Activision co-founder Howard Marks and investor Paul Kessler.

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Mailing lists, email marketing, errors, oh my!

Berkonomics

Using old email lists for the first time is like eating really stale doughnuts. Email companies like Constant Contact, Mail Chimp and many others all have strict rules. Email readers, continue here…] Now the last question is a daunting one for any of us. The post Mailing lists, email marketing, errors, oh my!

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Rexter Named Part Of Microsoft Accelerator Class

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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.

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