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. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Test yourself as to whether you can identify the size of your market niche, and whether you can overcome the many barriers to access customers within your niche. Email readers, continue here…] Can you dominate that market? A strategic relationship with one or more of the largest customers? Where in industry life cycle?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

“You are forty, out of a job, a newlywed, your wife is expecting a baby, you don’t own your own home, you have no specialized qualifications, the only company you ever launched went bankrupt and you have just been sentenced to one year in jail.”. Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 153

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Berkonomics

JUNE 17, 2011

Most businesses fall into the class of those that can be sold someday to a willing buyer. Even small community service-providers can be sold to buyers hungry to get into a business already in revenue with a steady customer base. Email readers continue here.] And I’d go further.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive. I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. I began our discussion by asking Guy, “Why should entrepreneurs read your latest book, Enchantment?”. That doesn’t work.”. Basically, everything is free.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review Social Media Startup 262

Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2015

Is there a market for your class of product at all? Market risk is constant and should be of greatest concern to any executive or entrepreneur. Email readers, continue here…] Second is product risk. Not only is the enterprise threatened, but confidence is shaken among employees, suppliers, even customers.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 21, 2011

We help companies reward their employees with perks. Perks are one of the most cost effective ways for a company to recruit and retain employees. 5) When I interviewed people at my past startups, I rejected them if they asked me about our dental plan, as true entrepreneurs don’t care about such pedestrian benefits.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). It’s why the first company I ever invested in as a VC – Invoca – just announced a $20 million funding by Accel Partners. People don’t want to speak to customer service reps. PHONE CALLS.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The innocuous post, which was simply titled " Divshot " generated over 110 comments and was awarded nearly 200 points by Hacker News' notoriously jaded readers. The team subsequently earned a coveted position in Launchpad LA's current accelerator class after winning the Crowdstart LA competition. For us, the audience was perfect.

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News Sites Startup RSS 198

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

I was recently approached by Fast Company to comment on “crisis management&# at startups in the wake of the Airbnb “ranksackgate&# story. I agreed to do the interview because the story was about what other companies can learn rather than about airbnb in particular. Understand the Gravity of the Situation for Your Customers.

Startup 329

Startup Press Training Media 329

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

SciVee recently inked a major deal with Thomson Reuters, and Marc tells us a bit about that deal as well as the company's business. That helps the reader figure out what are the key elements of the research, and whether the reader wants to spend more time digging into the article. How did you get involved in the company?

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Seth attended UCSB but dropped out to start a denim company. . Without their buy in, we don’t get the opportunity to interact with end customers. Your team operates out of a barn on your idyllic, coastal property, yet you have created a world-class product. It drives revenue & engages guests."

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Startup Design Mobile Social Network 233

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

They protect the company by overseeing the expenditure of company money for expansion, acquisitions, purchases of large assets, hiring of senior management and more. The average board for a company taking outside investment money is five. Building Great Boards available at berkus.com and Amazon Kindle Singles.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Only Hire A+ People Who Punch Above Their Weight Class. I believe that you should always hire people are are looking to “punch above their weight class,&# which means to hire people who want to be one league above where they are today. Weight Class : Let’s take sales. I’m not one of those. Your solution?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Many of our job postings for Engineering positions describe the company as a place “where the word ‘millions’ is used frequently and in many contexts&#. No, the question is: What are doing now knowing that a big company will copy your idea?

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