Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Yet in my experience on both sides of this equation, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs focus only on the best idea , assuming that it will attract the right investors. Investors love entrepreneurs who come across as constantly on the lookout for new ideas, and able to grasp the larger implications for market change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Business Sales Techniques. Most classes in college focus on a narrow area of interest, which just teach students to focus on problems through one lens. You need to be able to figure out what not to do, and how to not do it, by organizing and prioritizing, and still impress your boss with your thoroughness. Job Hunting Basics.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. And build great business they have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2017

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. Processes without people leaders will still be chaos.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. Concentrate on a world class team. This is serious stuff. A more complex answer.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? If you are looking for money, this question will certainly come up in one form or another when you approach professional or organized angel or VC investors. Concentrate on a world class team. This is serious stuff. A more complex answer.

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Venture Capital Entrepreneur Ideas Summary 120

Tech.Co

MAY 18, 2017

This is evident from the fact that they are owned and run by EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award finalists in the Greater Los Angeles area. Direct Relief is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides medical assistance to people around the world who have been affected by poverty, natural disasters, and civil unrest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, many people are not aware that prior to entering academia, Steve was a wily and creative marketing entrepreneur. I let them talk me into giving them my internal benchmark suite, which was being written by a group called The Potrero Benchmark Organization. the VP of Sales the richest person in the company.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 12, 2014

We should think of the creation and growth of a high valued company as the sum of three parts, with three distinct classes of participants helping to make real value out of a raw start-up. First, there is the entrepreneur , the visionary, and force behind the venture from start to finish. Email readers, continue here.]

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEO’s usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to us investors after the initial investment is received. 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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2019

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Thus I believe that business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus first on people leadership, rather than process leadership. Processes without people leaders will still be chaos.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. And a natural sales person. Luckily I have such a terrific and organized wife. I had a business class seat due to status of flying a lot and my family was in economy. I’ve sat through so many meetings where sales reps didn’t ask for the order.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

There are bootcamps, startup classes, video interviews – the sources are now endless. This is generally how I try to organize my own views and how I try to give advice. On sales I often talk about “ Why Buy Anything, Why Buy Now, Why Buy Me ” as a tool to think about a sales process. For example: 1.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. And then bit by bit, we grew the organization. DTC entrepreneurs are more focused on immediate impact, because if they’re not selling product, there’s no large brand propping them up. What type of clients do you work with?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Sotsky is an experienced entrepreneur, who last founded and led Hopscotch; The OIX is backed by Brett Markinson, the angel investor who has backed such companies as Hautelook and LowerMyBills. Laurence Sotsky: The product is really fantastic, so we've been focusing on marketing and sales. WE spoke with Laurence about the startup.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2015

Note: for purposes of this article, I am using the term “accelerator” to include incubators, startup labs and all other organizations geared to facilitating a startup’s early maturation. Savvy entrepreneurs - seek out programs which incorporate these post-graduation activities. Convert Graduate-Founders Into Mentors.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2020

The problem with other companies building pre-fabricated or modular homes for what are called accessory dwelling units on California properties is that they’re not being built for middle-class homeowners. The company uses a local nonprofit organization called Chrysalis to build its units. The Culver City, Calif.-based

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Even three person organizations are political. Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff. But it wasn’t just about company structures.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2010

We had the idea to rent out a local school over spring break, put up a website ad, and start offering classes. Someone from Vienna, Austria, came to our first class--and we were amazed. It gave us the confidence to rent space for classes and form a school. What has been the driver of the growth and sales?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Knowing whom to back within an organization that is feuding and when to back them is one of the hardest things about our job. Neither class of people should give up easily. Commitment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 5, 2014

Other countries have similar exemptions for similar organizations. Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. That means they need to grow organically, or find a philanthropist. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Relationships will get referrals, drive more sales, and build loyalty. According to Lederman, engaged organizations grew profits as much as three times faster than their competitors. brand business customer experience entrepreneur Lederman startup' Every senior leader needs to have regular quality conversations with customers.

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Customer Custom Training Satisfaction 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happy to see a recent book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happy to see a new book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional. Marty Zwilling.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2017

Other countries have similar exemptions for similar organizations. Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. That means they need to grow organically, or find a philanthropist.

Organization 56

Organization Satisfaction Startup Class 56

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Yet every entrepreneur I meet wants to talk about the idea, and rarely mentions the team. Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. The sales professional.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the CMO at HauteLook from the early days all the way through growing the business to 12 million registered users and far in excess of $200 million in annual sales. We both wanted to continue to build a world-class staff at GRP from which to build future leaders in either tech startups or in our investment firm.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 9, 2013

I am an absolute believer that this organization can rebuild its brand and re-establish a cult like following. ” Another issue that has plagued Best Buy’s image is the add-on sale that became a focus at the register. Crazy entrepreneur tricks' I continue to be fascinated with Best Buy. Not to mention, more traffic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Other countries have similar exemptions for similar organizations. Even then, the business and leadership efforts to solicit and manage donations cost real money, and may be more difficult than the marketing and sales jobs of most startups. That means they need to grow organically, or find a philanthropist.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

According to OrthoWorx, a community-industry partnership in the global orthopedic sector, the cluster of orthopedic businesses in Warsaw has more than $11 billion in annual sales, which is almost one-third of the industry’s world sales volume. Some of these entrepreneurs are faculty and staff members who license their own work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

Relationships will get referrals, drive more sales, and build loyalty. According to Lederman, engaged organizations grew profits as much as three times faster than their competitors. entrepreneur Gregg Lederman logo customer experience brand business' Use the feedback to improve and grow. Lack of engagement is very expensive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2017

For example, Patagonia donates one percent of their sales to environmental charities, and Ben & Jerry’s awards five social change grants annually. Social contribution and sustainability are features that appeal to a whole new class of customers for any solution. Improves your team motivation and productivity.

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