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Could you be your company’s bottleneck?
Berkonomics
MARCH 26, 2020
So many tasks; so little time. As a manager, you have a number of critical tasks that are general to your position as opposed to specific to your industry.
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Private tech companies mobilize to address shortages for medical supplies, masks and sanitizer
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 26, 2020
While some of the largest privately held technology companies, like SpaceX and Tesla , have shifted to manufacturing ventilators, smaller companies are also trying to pitch in and relieve scarcity locally.
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How about personal guarantees for company debt?
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
As a rule of thumb, a company with a majority owner in control will be required to provide such a guarantee for most any borrowing of significant size in relation to assets. A win-win for the investor and entrepreneur assuming the company does grow and have a liquidity event someday.
Does your company culture encourage employee curiosity?
Berkonomics
JANUARY 23, 2020
Some of the world’s best companies to work for are those that encourage employees to spend time following their own paths of curiosity toward development of new products or services. Every company has hidden talent, creative thinkers that are not in a position to demonstrate their talents.
Bird Buys Berlin Company
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 31, 2020
acquired Circ, an electric scooter company headquartered in Berlin, in a bid to expand the Santa Monica-based company’s European operations Electric scooter operator Bird Rides Inc.
Why document your company’s tribal knowledge?
Berkonomics
JANUARY 30, 2020
It is not common for the CEO of a rapidly growing company to think of slowing down the furious pace enough to have each manager (including the CEO) document the job process managed, as well as see to the documentation for each process managed below.
Pepperdine Names Most Fundable Companies
L.A. Business Journal
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Pepperdine’s Graziadio Business School announced the winners of its second annual Most Fundable Companies competition
LA-based gaming company, Scopely, expands in Spain and Ireland
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 20, 2019
The Los Angeles-based gaming company, Scopely is expanding its geographical footprint in Spain and Ireland. The company is building out its Barcelona offices tripling its office space and planning to significantly expand its 100-person-strong team in the city.
Does your company have a “dirty cap table?”
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
The problem in taking such money rests in the legality of taking money from non-accredited investors, people who do not meet the SEC standard for making non-public company investments. Does issuing a PPM insulate the company? How it happens.
You are your company’s moral compass.
Berkonomics
MAY 24, 2018
Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees’ favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fellow pressmen from a bag he was carrying.
LA Companies Prep for CES
L.A. Business Journal
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Although it takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show is a key event for technology companies and startups based in Los Angeles
The best things about your company board
Berkonomics
AUGUST 29, 2019
For weeks, we’ve highlighted both good and bad things about boards of directors for your company (or non-profit.) This week, let’s focus upon number one – aside from the requirements of boards to protect the company itself (not the shareholders.).
Upstart banking company Dave is now worth $1 billion, as Norwest puts in $50 million
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Two years after the Los Angeles-based fintech startup Dave launched with a suite of money management tools to save consumers from overdraft fees , the company is now worth $1 billion thanks to a nascent banking practice that had investors lining up.
Massage-on-demand company, Soothe, raises $31 million
TechCrunch LA
MAY 2, 2018
The Series C round from late stage and growth capital investment firm, The Riverside Company , caps a busy first quarter for the massage service. The former CFO of MarketShare, Heyrick has helped the company expand to over 11,000 massage therapists in its network.
New THC and CBD infused beverage company, Cann, joins the race to replace booze
TechCrunch LA
JULY 24, 2019
The company founded by two former Bain consultants is the latest to take on the growing market for non-alcoholic intoxicants that use a combination of chemicals traditionally found in the marijuana plant to make their drinks.
Visa Acquires Payment Protection Company Verifi
L.A. Business Journal
SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Mid-Wilshire-based Verifi, which develops software to secure electronic payments for businesses, was acquired by Visa Inc.
Pragma is a back-end toolkit for gaming companies, so game developers can focus on games
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 11, 2020
Well, now those development studios can turn to Pragma , which is building the back-end toolkit for gaming companies so their developers can focus on what they do best — making games. The company raised $4.2
Why recurring revenues increase your company’s value
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Even though that reduced short term earnings, lease revenues over time far outweighed any combination of sale and maintenance revenues, and Xerox grew into a major company based upon its innovation and its recurring revenues. The massive shift in revenue models in recent years.
What about your previous company non-compete?
Berkonomics
JANUARY 24, 2019
Usually that means one they once or recently spent time in as an employee or manager within a company where they had little or no ownership. Some of these entrepreneurs starting a new company are alumni from companies that would be a competitor to the enterprise being created or joined.
What about your previous company non-compete?
Berkonomics
JANUARY 24, 2019
Usually that means one they once or recently spent time in as an employee or manager within a company where they had little or no ownership. Some of these entrepreneurs starting a new company are alumni from companies that would be a competitor to the enterprise being created or joined.
What is the real goal for our management and company?
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Often, we joke together as managers of companies or of people that our goal is “world domination” or “to crush the competition.” How about companies formed to profit and give to charity?
Here’s a rule for companies with outstanding loans
Berkonomics
MAY 10, 2018
Here is one that is so important to the continued health of a growing company that it cannot be overstated. Long term debt is taken on for the acquisition of fixed assets such as equipment, cars, facilities and acquisitions of companies or their assets.
SmartDrive Wins Paving Company
socalTECH
JULY 17, 2018
San Diego-based driving safety and monitoring systems provider SmartDrive Systems announced this morning that it has signed up Superior Paving, a large asphalt paving company on the East Coast, as a new customer. smartdrive paving company driver safety fleet auto automotive transportation
The Honest Company Gets $70M
socalTECH
AUGUST 26, 2014
Los Angeles-based The Honest Company , the online, family products retailer led by serial entrepreneur Brian Lee, and which was co-founded by Jessica Alba, has raised $70M in a funding round, according to the company Tuesday. The funding brings the company''s total raised to $122M.
What’s a company board good for, anyway?
Berkonomics
JANUARY 11, 2018
And good board members can add real value to you and the company. Importantly, these also help a board to cover the legal “duty of care” for the health of the company. A better company is the goal.
LA Companies Turn Heads at CES
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 10, 2020
From ambitious streaming services to fantastical flying cars, Los Angeles companies demonstrated innovative concepts in droves last week in Las Vegas at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show
J2 Global Acquires Two Companies
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2020
Los Angeles-based J2 Global , which owns a large portfolio of Internet services and publications, says it acquired two more companies during Q4 of 2019. The company--which is likely the most active acquirer of companies in Southern California's high tech economy--says it acquired FES IQ , a company in the digital media space, and Buffered VPN , a provider of cloud services based in Gibraltar.
Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 16, 2012
We've identified ten of the more technically interesting companies working on software in Southern California, using our unscientific, unproven, and undoubtedly biased informal polling. The company handles all the infrastructure required for text messaging, voice.
How to protect your company lists and trade secrets
Berkonomics
MARCH 30, 2017
Most employers have all their employees sign non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements to protect the company’s trade secrets, customer lists and business plans. Most senior and middle level managers will understand when a subordinate comes to them to resign and begin a new business.
Lambs, the radiation-proof underwear company formerly known as Spartan, is now selling beanies
TechCrunch LA
MAY 14, 2019
Now the company has relaunched as Lambs and is adding a radiation-proof silver-lined beanie to its $29-per-pair underwear already on sale in the U.S. The company’s goal is to capitalize on paranoia around the effects of cell phone radiation on health and possible links to cancer.
Five ways to make your company stand out.
Berkonomics
MAY 16, 2019
There must be at least several companies out there right now positioning to compete with you. And although many positioning efforts cross the lines between these, great companies play to the strength of just one.
Framework Benchmarks
TechEmpower
MARCH 28, 2013
Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. About What we do Portfolio People Blog Contact. You are viewing a single entry. Please also check out the most recent entries. March 28, 2013.
Tinder Sues Parent Company
L.A. Business Journal
AUGUST 15, 2018
has filed a lawsuit against parent company InterActiveCorp., alleging IAC purposefully undervalued the company to avoid proper payouts to executives Match Group dating app subsidiary Tinder Inc.
Hyundai taps EV startup Canoo to develop electric vehicles
TechCrunch LA
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
” The PBV, which Hyundai showcased last month at CES 2020, is a pod-like vehicle that the company says can be used for various functions in transit, such as a restaurant or clinic. The company rebranded as Canoo in spring 2019 and debuted its first vehicle last September.
Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
Landline , the operator of a bus network in the Midwest, is one of the latest companies to raise venture capital. The company is actually based out of LA, too, but has completed its initial launch in Minnesota, where there’s greater demand for short-term bus travel.
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