Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

A personal story as an investor … [Email readers, continue here…] My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life.

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

Expert help and good planning can reduce the time to market, saving cash in the process. Further, just because someone volunteers to invest doesn’t make that person into a coach or expert, although many seem to think their investment gives them the right to be that coach or expert. Money is what entrepreneurs expect from us.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 2, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] One of the best indicators of future success for an entrepreneur and an early stage idea is the quality and depth of great relationships with industry veterans or technology gurus, or experienced successful business leaders. Don’t be one of those. Be flexible and be coachable.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

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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Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2019

I recently spent fifteen minutes in front of a table-top display, attempting to coach an entrepreneur who repeatedly tried to state why his business was better than a competitor (one I didn’t recognize) and never explaining what it was that he did. It is often the most powerful but inexpensive marketing tool a young company has to offer.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life. As the company grew and became profitable, it became more visible to others in the market niche.

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Berkonomics

MAY 7, 2011

It doesn’t take much to publicly wish a departing employee well, to throw a small celebration, to coach the outgoing person if asked, and to listen and receive fair criticism at the moment of the exit interview. Tom almost always had ideas to contribute, particularly about marketing programs and opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

With the multiple technologies of team videos, smartphones, email, and the pervasive Internet facilitating total communication, there is no need for the delay and information loss of multiple hierarchy levels in business. In this age of world-wide markets, you need all the help you can get to attract loyal customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2022

In my experience, a healthy team is a prerequisite for a thriving business, innovation to meet market needs, and high customer loyalty. It is your responsibility to facilitate regular communication between team members and all constituents via all channels, including social media, email, and video. Emotional stability.

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2019

Me too” positioning is lost in the noise of today’s targeted marketing and corporate reach through inexpensive, but effective, use of Internet marketing. The iPad created an entirely new market segment from what was for over a decade a sleepy niche computer tablet market dominated by a few small-selling products aimed at niche markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

When you raise money from investors you produce information that you are told they want and care about: A fund-raising deck that articulates your company strategy, plans, team, market, competitors and so forth. I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

My inbox was getting filled up with emails about it. I coached them through it over email and then fixed how the site operates to eliminate the issue for others. Whether it’s a post, a tweet, a text message, email or a Skype video chat, people with answers are always a click away. Marketing maniac.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. You have to decide where to lean in on follow-on rounds.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 9, 2013

So often I find myself coaching others on how they behave on social networks. If you get to know me and I hand over my email address, don’t add me to a mailing list and spam me the next three days. About me: I’m a dad, a social research marketer, customer service champion, closet chef, TEDster. Never ever poke me.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 7, 2012

I recently spent fifteen minutes in front of a table-top display, attempting to coach an entrepreneur who repeatedly tried to state why his business was better than a competitor (one I didn’t recognize) and never explaining what it was that he did. It is often the most powerful but inexpensive marketing tool a young company has to offer.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What we saw with CareerArc, was there was already a tremendous amount of investment in the middle of the market, with all of these different services and products that went into taking care of an employee when they were hired until they were let go. I love watching people develop their careers, and I love breaking into markets.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2022

The next step is to effectively and continuously communicate through multiple channels, including walking-the-talk, email, and really listening to feedback. Your role is to provide this enablement, through listening to their needs, and providing personal coaching and mentoring as required. Foster collaboration rather than competition.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

The following guest post is from Dan Monarko, Online Marketing Manager at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. Share and Enjoy.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2011

I recently spent fifteen minutes in front of a table-top display, attempting to coach an entrepreneur who repeatedly tried to state why his business was better than a competitor (one I didn’t recognize) and never explaining what it was that he did. Email readers continue here.] “We You have only seconds to make a first impression.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2012

Me too” positioning is lost in the noise of today’s targeted marketing and corporate reach through inexpensive, but effective, use of Internet marketing. The iPad created an entirely new market segment from what was for over a decade a sleepy niche computer tablet market dominated by a few small-selling products aimed at niche markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And we wanted a head of global marketing. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. I wanted them to have a market lead before others could try and build what Ethan was working on. We will stay in LA and then Southern California before branching out into our 2nd & 3rd markets.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2012

The following guest post is from Laurie Barkman, Marketing Lead at The Resumator , a SaaS applicant tracking system and hiring platform trusted by many of the fastest-growing companies in the world, including: Pinterest, Tumblr, Hootsuite, Klout, Posterous, Bitly, Atari and Mashable. What if they attended a community college?

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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. and Schlumberger.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2012

We're focused on the youth market, teens primarily. We also provide some coaching, helping them think about their product, market things, brand themselves, and also have some marketing tools available, like direct response email marketing and free business cards. What exactly is Kidworth?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. But you realize that you can be more helpful as a coach. And yes, I sleep better at night as a coach. Investor emails. I promise you that won’t be a bit market for us. Hell, I send those emails.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Yet, according to statistics from the Small Business Association (SBA), over half of new businesses offer something else - personal professional services, including consulting, business coaching, and advisory services. Be targeted in marketing and lead generation. Maximize repeat business with existing clients.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 6, 2012

As part of UC Santa Barbara’s Distinguished Lecture Series, serial entrepreneur, CEO Coach and Author Lex Sisney shared a preview of his newly released book, Organizational Physics: The Science of Growing a Business. Lex's new book, Organizational Physics , is compelling, as it applies the fundamental laws of physics to the world of business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

But putting no time into anchoring your beliefs because you’re too busy executing sales, marketing, support, product & engineering is an easy recipe for leadership drift. There are always flavors-of-the-month strategies or markets that are in favor in the tech startup world. This is something I try to coach against.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Email readers continue here.] Some investor board members are also member of boards for companies that may overlap in markets or even compete directly, although rare. Should board members therefore withdraw and not participate in corporate planning, coaching the CEO and other issues not related to the duty of care or duty of loyalty?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

These speakers help coach CEO’s on important executive decisions. It is possible to submit a plan through email but it is not the best approach. Then they consider if it is a big enough market. Howard gives an example of an entrepreneur wildly overstating a market size. A few deals have been funded through this program.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 28, 2010

We called it “integrated strategy.&# I actually think from a marketing perspective it could have been brilliant. But we couldn’t leave it as just a market positioning experience. I come from a world that if the coach wasn’t yelling at you, it meant he didn’t care. I get emails like the one above all the time.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The degree of care you take increases with the reduced distance between you and your investor. . [Email readers continue here.] As the company grew and became profitable, it became more visible to others in the market niche. A small venture firm and a few more angels rounded out the total investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

It’s a market, after all. And Coach Campbell. I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. And I’ll know in 18 months whether we have product / market fit.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Strategic buyers look for managerial talent, intellectual property, geographic expansion, an extension into adjacent markets – and more – that will be achieved with the acquisition of your company. The buyer may be a public company attempting to defend decreasing market share and being overly punished by Wall Street.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Jon Sperry – a highly respected dialect coach who has worked with Harvey Keitel, Sofia Vergara, and Russell Crowe – taught a Stage 32 class that was attended by members from over 40 different countries. But most do it because they want to give back. There’s a community feel even to our education. Classes with a wide geographic appeal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In fact, it does take time, but in my view brings far more value than many of the things you might otherwise be doing, including expensive advertising, extensive networking, or email blasts. Key value elements of a good book include the following: Publishing a book defines you as an influencer and authority.

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