Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] 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. The rewards of angel investing.

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Berkonomics

JULY 22, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] We are all guilty of hanging on to marginal employees for too long. Even those in the mid-tier of your organization. Coaching them to a better fit or even out the door may well be the most humane thing to do. An opportunity to build a superior organization. On the other hand….

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Ninety days or longer later, if that person is terminated by management, it often is for actions resulting from the person’s relationship with others in the organization more often than failure to perform the specific task for which the person was hired. We carefully vet the potential hire for experience required.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] So, if that day does come when you have sold the business or come into a financial windfall, I propose that there are few times in life when the opportunity opens to look outward, to participate in charity events, extended family vacations, community boards, and even coaching other entrepreneurs.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Friends, family and fools: [Email readers, continue here…] This term, although pejorative, describes the typical mix of early investors in a small, young growing business. Professional angels, often organized into groups, usually invest from $100,000 to $1 million in a young enterprise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The largest and most successful businesses of the past have been traditionally driven by autocratic and powerful leaders who managed a highly structured organization of subordinates. You need to be a mentor and coach on a regular basis, rather than follow a formal appraisal process that everyone dreads.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options. Email readers, continue here.] The result of these surveys over time is universally the same.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 28, 2012

Something like a marriage (and often lasting just as long statistically), your investment partner can be a great cheerleader, coach and resource. Angel investors tend to be much more understanding, and usually resort to coaching rather than replacing the CEO during bad times. Email readers, continue here.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Great leaders strive to treat each person in their organization as a valued individual, rather than as a “human resource.” Ideally that feedback allows you to understand both absolute performance against goals, and your relative performance in the broader organization. Keep listening and adjusting based on feedback.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Email readers, continue here.] I propose that there are few times in life when the opportunity opens to look only outward, to participate in charity events, extended family vacations, community boards and even coaching other entrepreneurs. How empowering.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. Email updates frequently. So naturally we’re pushing for him to drop critical information when their paths cross organically.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2012

Vince Lombardi is widely considered the best football coach of all time, and ultimately may be the greatest coach in the history of all sports. The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.”. Coach Lombardi put teamwork first (which is why we did, too). Commitment .

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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. Organizations Are Adaptive Systems. Organizations are complex systems that adapt to their environment in its totality.

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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. Whole Foods , for example, has built their business with a commitment to natural and organic foods, and have a culture of loyal employees and customers, resulting in 500 stores worldwide.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

Perhaps this is a good time to speak about senior managers that are well-entrenched in the organization but are under-performers because the organization has passed their ability or span of control. All of us will admit that, looking back at a failed employee hire, the costs were well beyond the payroll cost for the individual.

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Berkonomics

MAY 26, 2016

That knowledge will serve as a compass as they continue to learn and grow in the organization. Instead of spending a lot of time managing them, invest a little quality time in coaching them. Even more importantly, they need to understand and embrace your company’s values and ethics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals. I always ask the potential investor, “would you mind if I contacted Josephine Wright and organize for her to speak with you for 20 minutes?” There is nothing you can provide in a data room that you couldn’t send via email.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. Professional angels, often organized into groups, usually invest from $100,000 to $1 million in a young enterprise.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2012

This event honors Small Business Champions– individuals or organizations dedicated to supporting small businesses. Olympic athletes are very familiar with the high standards set by coaches and judges. The conference ends with the Champion Awards Dinner. What if they attended a community college? Performance is the equalizer.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

It’s a human being inside the buying organization who has trusted you. But you realize that you can be more helpful as a coach. And yes, I sleep better at night as a coach. It’s about wanting the right speaking slot at an important conference and hounding the organizer until he lets you do it. Investor emails.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The goal for this organization is four-fold: To provide mentorship for some of the most promising young companies based in Los Angeles or willing to relocate to LA. We always wanted to be seen as a “mentorship organization” where people are asked to give back to their community. For the past 2.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Join and actively participate in local business organizations. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

And Coach Campbell. Hard to imagine that Dick joined “organically” or that his becoming CEO also was organic. 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. Many are late.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

I’ve spent hours this week reading about the firing of the head coach and personnel manager of the football team I support – The Philadelphia Eagles. His name was Chip Kelly and he came off of a very successful stint as the coach of the collegiate Oregon Ducks. This is something I try to coach against.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

As Avesta Rasouli, SWLA Co-organizer and Founder of Coloft says, “Go sell something! Tyler Crowley, of Sqweal, Launch, ThisWeekInStartups, Open Angel Forum, and Mahalo, stopped by to give a quick coaching session on pitch prep. Coffee is for closers!” Sunday morning rolled around and it was down to crunch-time.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2011

Perhaps this is a good time to speak about senior managers that are well-entrenched in the organization but are underperformers because the organization has passed their ability or span of control. Email readers continue here.] But, he stated, as I recall, “This one is for the books.”

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

This absurd statement caused me to realize that I had done a poor job of instilling a sense of frugality into our organization. For instance, whenever someone at your venture saves your company money, send a company-wide email acknowledging their accomplishment. These words were actually uttered by an otherwise intelligent human being.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2012

Obviously if we continue in discussions with you we would be more than happy to organize reference calls for you to validate our success. He forwarded an annoyed email to my main contact at Salesforce. I often coach that this period is often when you can engender great confidence from the partner. What did he do?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

Participants spend their time soaking in hot springs, eating delicious and healthy organic Ayurvedic inspired meals, stretching out each morning with two hours of yoga, staying grounded through guided meditations, exploring new ideas in workshops, writing, drawing, sharing in group discussions and being present. When is the next Detox?

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Often grouped into formal organizations, these investors are sophisticated, helpful, and connected. First, angel investment groups and organized angel funds come in all sizes from a few organized angels to large groups of four hundred or more. Angel investment groups or funds. How many angel groups are there? Accelerators.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Accelerators are organizations that selectively accept entrepreneurs into a program of intense coaching in a physical environment sponsored by the accelerator that also provides seed funds for the startup to begin its business.

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