socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Robin Richards: Brand amplification and brand protection are critical to companies, in helping them attract and retain employees. Our platform not only distributes your jobs, but helps with your brand online, and helps candidates move forward to see if they have a great fit with the company. That's been very effective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2022

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. Spend time coaching and mentoring team members. Help them learn more about your vision and future market goals.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Early in the rapid growth phase of my computer software company, I hired an excellent, IBM-trained vice president of sales to further growth and begin our international expansion. Everyone but the sales VP was present as anticipated. An industrial psychologist helps (me) the CEO.

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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). 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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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2019

Certainly Walmart, Target and others have gotten the attention of their potential customers using price as the primary leader to drive sales. Walmart succeeds because it has changed the game with its suppliers, actually partnering with them to help drive costs down so that prices can truly be lower at the store level.

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CEO Flow

AUGUST 17, 2009

I have a great opportunity for both you and the person that refers them to me…keep reading… CEOFlow is my coaching program for CEOs. They’re extremely open to new ideas, to having fun, and their egos are less likely to get in the way of asking for or getting help. Subscribe to the PebbleStorm Blog by Email

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is not uncommon for founders to fight amongst themselves or teams to develop silos that simple can’t stomach talking with other groups so they avoid human contact and revert to flaming wars on email or Slack. Increasingly I find myself engaging executive coaches at companies an trying to help executive teams get 360 degree feedback.

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CEO Flow

DECEMBER 2, 2009

I have a great opportunity for both you and the person that refers them to me… CEOFlow is my coaching program for CEOs. I’m offering a f^ree CEOFlow coaching session to five CEOs (each is a $375 value). Know any CEOs feeling overwhelmed while juggling life, employees and the world? F^ree CEOFlow Sessions For Five CEOs.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2012

Certainly Wal-Mart, Target and others have gotten the attention of their potential customers using price as the primary leader to drive sales. Wal-Mart succeeds because it has changed the game with its suppliers, actually partnering with them to help drive costs down so that prices can truly be lower at the store level.

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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. At BigVisible, he coached teams at Capital Group as part of a large 1,400 person company-wide agile transformation. million Raised. 25 Years of Writing Code.

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Technical Review Software Review Bertelsmann Technology 88

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

This insight follows closely the conclusions from the previous declaration, that professional investors negotiate tough terms, from provisions of control over asset acquisition, eventual sale of the company, future investments, forced co-sale when others attempt to sell their shares and more.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Most investment bankers will coach you into helping them find you a strategic buyer, knowing that such sales are quicker, often less focused upon the small warts of a business, and yield higher prices than financial sales. The price negotiated is not at all the critical factor in the emotional sale.

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Pricing Sales IBM IBM 600

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors. So we like to behave like we don’t know any better than you – we can just bring an outside perspective to help spar you and make you a better decision-maker through the process. That’s healthy. Conviction.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. But the people whom I consider best in this industry are quite helpful indeed. And Coach Campbell. Nothing was more heart warming than the photo of David Karp hugging Bijan Sabet after the sale to Yahoo! Many don’t return my emails on time. Many are late.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

For instance, whenever someone at your venture saves your company money, send a company-wide email acknowledging their accomplishment. Although some of these emails will highlight relatively small savings, these communications will serve as a reminder that every member of the team should remain alert to identify money saving opportunities.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

Saturday evening came to a “closing” with the Coloft tradition of the famous scene from Glengarry Glen Ross where Alec Baldwin defines the meaning of “closing” while he gives a nearly Oscar winning sales talk to motivate his staff. As Avesta Rasouli, SWLA Co-organizer and Founder of Coloft says, “Go sell something! Coffee is for closers!”

Startup 66

Startup Mahalo Technical Review Idealab 66

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected. Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA. Angel investment groups or funds. How many angel groups are there? Venture farms.

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Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

I found one of my joys in angel investing, putting money to work by investing time and money into promising young entrepreneurs much like I once was, coaching them, putting them together with others who have needed skills, helping to build someone else’s dream. Email readers, continue here.]

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected. Email readers, continue here.] With angel groups, you should plan of spending months in the process, from application through funding. All angel groups will want to see the founders in person at sometime early in the process.

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Equity Startup Organization Invest 232

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Most investment bankers will coach you into helping them find you a strategic buyer, knowing that such sales are quicker, often less focused upon the small warts of a business, and yield higher prices than financial sales. The price negotiated is not at all the critical factor in the emotional sale.

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Sales Pricing IBM IBM 220

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

.” On the other hand, if the chip on your shoulder is, “I’m not treated fairly by the system, boo hoo, I’m different and that’s why you aren’t helping me” that chip can be a big negative. But even if a VC is nasty a rant email back isn’t the right way to channel your frustration.

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