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Is your WORK interfering with your JOB?

Berkonomics

I recall one of my CEO’s when I was his chairman, stating, “If you are not serving our customers, then you should be supporting those who do”. How do you frame menial desk jobs as “customer support?”. Some accounts payable invoices come from suppliers providing the company resources to serve the customer. Shout it out! .

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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

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). For those of you who fit that description, nice work. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Why you should never have a data room — the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever…

Both Sides of the Table

Your historical trading information including financials and a “customer file” which shows the history of your transactions so that investors can run “cohort” analyses Customer reference, personal references, key team members, compensation, cap table, stock option plan, etc. and then asking to take a brochure home with you.

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7 Keys To Creating A Connected Team For Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

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. This created a connection with both his team and customers. You really need their insights and customer interaction feedback.

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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

In this period (less than 2 years) he has brought on incredibly talented senior execs is sales, marketing, product management, client services, finance, vp engineering and more. Email updates frequently. Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Make your emails actionable.

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Does your business need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

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). For you who fit that description, nice work. It is for this group that we explore the implications implicit in raising money for growth.

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Five ways to make your company stand out.

Berkonomics

Certainly Walmart, Target and others have gotten the attention of their potential customers using price as the primary leader to drive sales. Internet hosting providers, ISPs, are often distinguished by their potential customers by the level of up-time which equates to quality of service, even at incrementally higher hosting cost.

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