Berkonomics

JULY 7, 2016

In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Employees, contractors, even investors want to know why they are asked to make use of their valuable resource to support your effort. I’ve recently experienced an example of this.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Investors celebrate teams that quickly find the flaws in the original plan and reallocate resources in another direction before more wasted effort. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Finding your ideal niche Positioning'

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Too many startup businesses, especially in the technology world, are built upon brand new concepts that have not yet been proven in the field against products from other companies that already have revenues flowing. If others have created awareness of the market, you need only compare yourself favorably to those companies.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Too many startup businesses, especially in the technology world, are built upon brand new concepts that have not yet been proven in the field against products from other companies that already have revenues flowing. If others have created awareness of the market, you need only compare yourself favorably to those companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? For two years, it was a mentorship program, that worked with twenty three different companies, but did not have a fund, did not have an office, and didn't take any equity. Then, it turned out, all of those companies did really well. Our current class has performed incredibly well.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2010

As my enterprise computer software company which produced innovative lodging systems for hotels and resorts grew quickly, we found ourselves straining to keep up with the hiring and training of good customer support representatives, a critical part of the equation then and still so today in the 24 hour environment of hotel front desk operations.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Too many startup businesses, especially in the technology world, are built upon brand new concepts that have not yet been proven in the field with products from other companies that have revenues flowing. Email readers, continue here.] Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Here is the warning: The execution of partnership equity allocations and of a good incentive program using equity is often mismanaged, damaging the corporate capitalization structure and even affecting the outcome of subsequent investment into the company. Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun.

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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

JANUARY 1, 2012

The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenomenal sights. You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. Examples in My Life & Work. I always love visiting companies because you can tell so much about the character of the company by spending time in their offices.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

On opposite pages were two ads for two very large companies. The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. The result is that I, the reader, had no interest in what was being sold in the ad yet I am a consumer in both verticals. And that was what had caught my attention.

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