Berkonomics

APRIL 12, 2018

Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. So, it is like a punch in the gut when an employee makes a claim against the company for a perceived or actual but unintentional violation of a law or regulation. So, my advice is simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2019

Photo by Juliette F on Unsplash Networking is a critical part of relationship building and there is no event more valuable to building relationships than the proverbial “breaking of bread” with people. Why a Board Dinner (or Lunch)? These existential moments come up with companies and with boards.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Having great company culture is no longer just an option. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. What does that culture look like?

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Tech Coast Venture Network

AUGUST 11, 2015

Having great company culture is no longer just an option. In fact, fantastic company culture is almost expected along with other traditional benefits. It has established what the company culture is, and fitting into that culture is the most important thing managers look for when hiring. What does that culture look like?

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2012

AlwaysOn based in Palo Alto, California is hosting its OnHollywood event on October 29 and 30 at the Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, CA. This year’s OnHollywood 100 Companies are today’s leaders in in the global innovation community. This year’s OnHollywood 100 Companies are today’s leaders in in the global innovation community.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2018

Replicate this exercise at your startup, to ensure that everyone is an effective company ambassador. When conducting the pitches, consider the following: Lunch & Learn – Have all of your employees, not just the executives, practice the company’s pitch in lunch-and-learn sessions. Everyone Should Pitch.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2013

We dropped in recently, and found a screening session for the Tech Coast Angels; a number of former StartEngine, MuckerLab, and LaunchpadLA startups in residence; not more than a few startup founders wandering the halls; and a long list of upcoming technology networking events on the calendar. We also hackathons and other events.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Beneath the patina of their success, most ventures have a sausage-like story to tell that differs from familiar "how to build a company" lessons and catechism. Right decisions but for the wrong reason, unanticipated market events, fortuitous encounters, naivly ignoring sage advice. All these go into the mix. See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? I continue to believe that Twitter has the potential to most radically shape world events and therefore is still the most profound technology sweeping the technology world. Without this support we would have struggled.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 2, 2010

But how about awarding stock options to all employees? . Tech companies, particularly early stage and startups, still award options aggressively. Tags: Depending upon others Surrounding yourself with talent The liquidity event and beyond. Email readers continue here.]

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

I spent an hour across two phone calls with him telling him why I believe MakeSpace will be a billion dollar company (which I do). And I spoke with the CTO of another great company I used to be on the board of and enlisted his support in potentially being an advisor to one company. You have to select carefully.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Perhaps the most memorable connection was when I met my cofounder of Flux Ventures, Miles Anthony, during a casual lunch at one of the dining halls of UCLA. When we first met, we were not thinking about starting a company or anything, rather we were just having a good time chatting and brainstorming some ideas.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The event is designed for professionals and students alike who are interested in or are currently working in the field of entertainment or new media. 1:30pm Lunch. To register for event click here. It’s focus is on the evolving changes in technology that have had an influential impact on the business of entertainment.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 16, 2009

Mixergy's Andrew Warner --who organizes the Lunch 2.0 events in Los Angeles and Orange County--talks with the guys at 37Signals about bootstrapping your company. Frank Peters , of the Frank Peters Show, talks with Clearstone Ventures' Jim Armstrong about Trouble in Venture Capital.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2013

We spoke with Ben about how Burstly is now creating a company to help mobile developers create, develop, distribute, and monetize their apps. Ben Satterfield: Burstly is the blanket company for three products. TestFlight was spun out of my company when I was doing consulting work. Burstly is located in Santa Monica.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

She was leaving IAC to start a company. It’s not much different than having Dave Morin, Dick Costolo or Sheryl Sandberg sitting next to you at lunch. Getting involved with political events and fund raisers. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. Kara called me on a Tuesday. Does that work for you?”

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 17, 2007

Will's post talks about lack of interest in working for startups here in Southern California, saying: we probably’d don’t have the: a) same support infrastructure (meet-ups, networking events, etc.); b) history of success; and c) abundance of start-up companies (so if one fails there is another to jump on).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2010

They “don’t care what people ate for lunch.&# They’re fine on their existing social networks, which these days mostly means they’re happy with Facebook. But I had an hour to kill before lunch and I was on California Street in Palo Alto. I think they’re missing something. I instantly loved the guy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I believe that first-time entrepreneurs also benefit hugely from working in close proximity to other companies. A tech lab is a perfect hub for this kind of cross-company fertilization. We’re recommending to our companies that they be distributed.&#. We don’t believe in it anymore.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

It was in alignment with the purpose of the whole event – to authentically support one another. For lunch the conference fed us clean salads and proteins supplied by Farmhill so we’d be energized and sustain mental clarity. When a speaker would hold back, Derek would push them. It was about being real. Yup, that guy.

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Southern California Edison Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

With the ability to browse pictures and information on a property’s website, companies may not sign up for a showing if they feel the building lacks the right amenities. Commercial tenants also are looking for property owners that offer social events at their venues, such as happy hours or concerts. On-Site Social Programming.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2013

Atlanta is home to many top technology companies including Dell, AT&T Mobility, and CNN. I heard that there are already 100+ hackers registered and the event is still a few days out. Can they push this up over 150 attendees? To register for this event and learn more info about the time, locations, and prizes, CLICK HERE!

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

TechZulu is proud to team up with Digital LA and accelerators Amplify, StartEngine, Launchpad, local companies BetterWorks, PromoJam, start-ups and co-working spaces, all working together to create the first-ever Silicon Beach Fest to celebrate startups, tech, and entertainment! Email HERE with SBF as subject.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Spearheaded by Alex Donn , the event was designed for both technical and non-technical attendees to build apps over the course of a weekend at Io/La , an incubator/co-work space in the heart of Hollywood. This was a free event boasting prizes for winners of various categories such as cash, gift cards, free month stay at Io/La and many more!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

is there a theme for the event? Be unique / memorable - Remember that at most speaking events you have a ton of other speakers – most who are exceedingly boring. Don’t confuse this with a tour-de-force education on the finer details of how your company operations. for the same reason try not to be first after lunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2016

Networking —  Never Ask a Busy Person to Lunch Networking —  Taking 50 Coffee Meetings But one thing really drives me nucking futs and that’s asking two (or more!) You’re actually doing yourself (and in the case of an intro, the company) a great disservice. people to do the job of one person. Here’s the rub.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2011

This version has some additional details on a portfolio company I’ve invested in, which are disclosed below. The annual Apple event where no real hints about what products they plan to release are floated in the public domain in advance. No private head nods are given to small startup companies to help them prepare.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

First, let me say that this post is merely to state my position as a result of the current events. We met on Twitter, Seth David and I, during an event I hosted at Yahoo in Burbank. In 2012, my company plundered and it was horrific…bygones. The company was always run as a subsidiary of Nerd Enterprises, Inc.,

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2014

This was a chance to blow open the story on their companies, to address a room full of potential investors, mentors, partners, customers, and press. After the event, we caught up, Parker Thompson , Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) charged with leading Batch 8. of the run rate came from foreign companies.

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Eric Greenspan

JUNE 25, 2015

Three years ago, I got the news that my investor was unable to fund and my 11 year old company would miss it’s first payroll. She’s making their lunches for camp; I’m typing this story. It was a Sunday, around noon. When the news arrived, I moved fast and did all I could to start the process of acceptance.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Event organizers Daniel Gross, Regional President of Southern California for the Kairos Society, and Zachary Goodman, President of the USC Entrepreneur Club, kicked off the event by introducing their respective organizations as well as their future plans to host other events. They proceeded to introduce Marks to the audience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Make urgency a positive by highlighting the value to your company for getting the right things done, and publicly rewarding empowered team activities. Plan team events and games where urgent physical actions are rewarded. Culture follows the leader. Demonstrate the positives of urgency to the team. Get the team engaged in urgency.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 20, 2013

How did an American software engineer come to own an adventure travel company cited by National Geographic as, "one of the best adventure travel companies on earth?". We both lived in the city (San Francisco), she was in event marketing and I was a software engineer. And we want to take a packed lunch there.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2011

Jeff Zwelling is the co-founder of Convertro (www.convertro.com), a Los Angeles company focused on helping companies track how their marketing efforts are leading to sales conversions. That's important, because it allows marketers to re-invest and give credit to that marketing event, so they can buy more of it and get more customers.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

We spoke with Bill Webster , Founder and COO of Zenvoy, to learn more about the company. What's the story behind the company? They do something where they throw your business cars in a pot, and help match you up, and have lunch or a call. Lio already had a preexisting company in this business card exchange world.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Between the barrage of security breaches making headlines on a regular basis and the constant threat of hackers, protecting sensitive company data has to be a priority. Remote work can put a strain on privacy, as companies now have the additional vulnerabilities of staff using their personal (or public) WiFi and sometimes personal computers.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The difference between Mingly and other companies, is we're event driven--it's all driven from a to-do list, essentially action-based. It also generated search alerts--like a Google alert, for mentions of that person's name, company, and also keywords. I started my first company in 1996, when I was in high school.

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