socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2020

This week, Los Angeles-based Crosscut Ventures announced a brand new effort to provide health and wellness to the founders of companies it invests in, helping those founders with well being, mental health, stress management, coaching, and leadership development. Tell us about this new program? It's a comprehensive bucket.

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socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2019

We spoke with Meredith Finn a new Partner at March Capital--who headed up that the Rise of the Female Entrepreneur sessions this year--to hear more about her perspectives on investments, what the Rise of the Female Entrepeneur was all about, March's interests in artificial intelligence and more. What's your role at March Capital?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A strategic buyer is one that understands what your company has to offer in its marketplace, and how your company will add extra value to the purchaser’s company. No matter what the emotional focus, the buyer cannot continue to stand by and watch its business challenged so effectively. The strategic buyer.

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

Money is what entrepreneurs expect from us. There is a fine line between loading the company with too much debt and diluting the shareholders too early with additional equity investments. Relationships are often as valuable as an investment. Expert help and good planning can reduce the time to market, saving cash in the process.

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2018

Sometimes you can be the coach, helping them even if it means losing them. But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and his or her career development. 33 million return from $100 thousand investment, or 330 to1. Celebrate the transition. Good to hear from you. Keep me informed.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

We strive to invest in companies that are consciously working to create a diverse leadership team?—?one For what it’s worth we also have our “Zero Tolerance” sexual misconduct policy, which you can read here: upfront.com/zero-tolerance. Ours is: upfront.com/inclusion. Feel free to copy or edit this, too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2021

Most entrepreneurs view a mentor as someone older and more experienced who takes the time to personally give guidance, advice, and takes an emotional investment in your success. Decide exactly what it is you need mentoring on before you start thinking of the ideal person to work with. Keep the relationship positive and productive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2022

Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2021

Most investors will readily admit that they invest in entrepreneur leadership, more so than innovative ideas, but they often find it difficult to separate aspiring leaders from those that are clearly extraordinary. People will follow you if they know what you really want. For example, a couple of years ago, Starbucks' CEO Kevin R.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’m obviously only naming a small fraction of their investments since I don’t feel inclined to research them all and many other great venture firms have this kind of access. This is the fifth & final (I promise!)

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Every entrepreneur wants to hear “yes” during the fund-raising process but I would argue that being too risk averse and not pushing hard enough and be willing to hear a “no” is what holds back many people from “yes.” What I’m looking for in the conversation is: Whom at the firm are you meeting with? Do they have authority to invest?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” It doesn’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2023

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. Understand the need for an investment well before results. Quantify the return on investment before taking action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But what if you are an introvert, or new to this game, and don’t know where or how to start? All universities love and need to get help from people in the “real world” for coaching and judging activities in their Entrepreneurship and MBA programs. Attend an investment conference. Join a local investment group.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Next week we return to the start of the journey, focusing upon the “what and how” to ignite a successful enterprise from start-up to exit. The rewards of angel investing. Allow me to reminisce. This is the final post of this cycle. But, for this short moment…. Looking back over an entrepreneur’s journey.

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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. Strategic partner” investors: If you can find a strategic partner willing to invest in your enterprise, consider it a blessing.

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Berkonomics

JULY 1, 2021

What is the role of a chief financial officer in growing and protecting the company? I recently coached a CFO in a small company to urge the CEO to stop working upon the operational issues and focus upon the future, even if that meant a pivot to protect the business as the world was changing in that industry at an accelerated rate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Even if you were an “A-Player” in your previous organization (top 10-percent performer, high integrity, exceeds on commitments), you had peers and executives around you to provide coaching and keep you centered. Understand the need for an investment well before results. Quantify the return on investment before taking action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Entrepreneurs often complain about the amount of time wasted in meetings, because one of the team members just wants to be heard, or feels that what he or she has said is not valued. Investments and acquisitions fail. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Disruptive office politics start to show.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?      We became the largest accelerator in Southern California with 80 investments in over 30 countries globally. We now invest in more companies, include better trainers and involve 3 times more investors in the demo days. Find opportunity in chaos.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In my activities as an angel investor, and my work with new ventures seeking investment, I find the “due diligence” stage to be fraught with the most risk. Usually this stage only really starts after an investor has expressed serious interest, or already informally agreed to invest.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. The last thing you want is a know-it-all telling you what to do when they are at 50,000 and haven’t had to deal with your exact circumstances. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, if you are an entrepreneur seeking investment or a cofounder, there is no substitute for networking at industry and startup conferences in your area. On the other hand, talking down to people will never get you what you need to advance your career or your business. Relax and show appreciation for every interaction.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

What is CareerArc? Robin Richards: A number of years ago, we took a look at the landscape and said, what is it that's missing? We also saw that it was easy for job seekers to cross over to Glassdoor and see what employees had said. Explain what you mean about branding in the employment area? That's been very effective.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. It was frustrating having to answer what I considered an obvious question to people who I thought would have known better. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. ” Still.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2022

He speaks from his own many years as an entrepreneur, executive coach, and keynote speaker. Think of it as an investment, rather than an obligation. Remember that a good mission always has two components – what are we working for, and what we are against. You must be intentional and pay focus to even the smallest details.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Several times in our angel group, one of the largest in the United States, we have queried our group as to their motives in being active, risking their money, taking their time to research, perform due diligence and then coach entrepreneurs of young companies. What industry specialties do they like, or where did their experience come from?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2019

Most investors admit that they invest primarily in people, not ideas, and they inherently believe that they can sense this leadership ability needed to get the rapid growth and 10x return we all strive for. Works with other team members on mutual aspirations (coach metaphor).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. This is no criticism of the investment banking industry (although I’m sure some will read it this way) for which there are very useful purposes.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. And Coach Campbell. Because they know him or her. Yeah, true.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2021

I’ve always wondered if some people are just that much smarter, or what some do that the rest of us can emulate, in order that we too get the best results without working so hard. This means using what you have learned to anticipate market change and prepare for it. Automate: do it once to never do it again.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 2, 2017

As an early stage investor, the first test for me is whether “my” entrepreneur is flexible in both the plan and execution of his or her vision (since from experience almost everything about a business plan changes over time), and whether s/he, no matter what age or experience, is coachable. Doctoral theses have been written on this subject.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 12, 2021

“You need to go back to work, you need to get back to doing what you love – building businesses!” That’s what my wife said to me back in June after I had been “retired” since 2017. They asked me what my company did and I said “Good question! We build and invest in startups with impact. Doing good is good business!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What was the biggest lesson you learned this year? What was the biggest news for your organization in 2018? Finally, what's your prediction on what will be most important thing for the technology industry in the coming year? This year I got back to the basics of helping founders build strong, high functioning teams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Here are my key recommendations for how to prepare and what to do in more mundane business environments and organizations: Make sure your activities are aligned with business goals. None of us can be accountable if we don’t know what is expected, or don’t have the required tools or training. Communicate ongoing needs and changes early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2023

Smart business owners realize that no returns occur without some investment and risk. As an employee, you only get to execute what others tell you, even if you enjoy the challenge of new requirements and customer feedback. Some people expect instant gratification and are stressed out by any risk.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

What kind of deals should I be doing? What stage? What price? There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. This is no criticism of the investment banking industry (although I’m sure some will read it this way) for which there are very useful purposes.

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