Berkonomics

MAY 20, 2021

Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working. But first, identify what those critical resources are in your company.

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

Several years ago, I wrote a book entitled, Extending the Runway , using parallels to piloting a plane to equate to the process of creating and building a small company, making maximum use of resources to get to and beyond breakeven. The five resources boards and investors can add to a company.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

My experience with early valuations by founders for friends… I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 5, 2022

NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China and the sixth-largest in the world, has opened its first US-based studio in Austin as China’s gaming industry slows. The company’s archrival Tencent was a step ahead in expanding to North America.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

The group occupies some familiar spaces for past investments, with a focus on niche social communities, mobile media tools and augmented reality. Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. Snap investment Hardworkers. Charli Cohen : a “next-gen” streetwear fashion brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2021

Many entrepreneurs are paranoid about the partnership approach, and think that M&A is only an alternative for large companies who are flush with cash. Building through internal development, or organic growth, makes the most sense when you have a core set of skilled internal resources. M&A is “buying” resources for growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2023

This is a trap of the past to be avoided at all costs. The best leaders selectively forget the past, and are constantly on the lookout for the future’s raw material of new ideas. These three boxes include managing the present, escaping the traps of the past, and generating breakthrough ideas.

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Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Small- to medium-sized businesses may lack the resources and IT expertise to manage, protect, and upgrade their networks effectively compared to larger, more enterprise-level companies. Top Small- to Medium-Sized Company Network Challenges. Small Budgets. Read More: 4 Tips to Maximize Internet Bandwidth. Lack of IT Staff.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 3, 2022

The company Winters was working for sponsored her MBA to Harvard Business School, and it was there that she came up with the idea for Upgrade. “I The company, which raised $1.7 We’re equipping them with the tools and resources so that they can operate more efficiently and empower themselves economically.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary. Leave the world of new computer chips and new drugs to the big companies, and people with deep pockets. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Join a startup incubator.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Entity’s growth has dovetailed with bigger edtech and “future of work” trends.

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Berkonomics

MAY 25, 2017

In past weeks, we explored the need for a tangible goal and strategies that are measurable as steps toward achievement of your goal. Here are several examples of tactics from my recent experience with companies where I serve as board member. Five tactics to support each strategy seem a fair, even if arbitrary number.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2018

I’ve been sued as a board member too many times over the past twenty-five years of board service. Entrepreneurs blaming their board for failures of a fragile, early stage company. Even if such a suit is completely without merit, the cost of defense and the risk of a negative outcome both hang over the company and the director.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a trap of the past to be avoided at all costs. The best leaders selectively forget the past, and are constantly on the lookout for the future’s raw material of new ideas. These three boxes include managing the present, escaping the traps of the past, and generating breakthrough ideas.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

UNest , a Los Angeles provider of financial planning and savings tools for parents including college savings plans and other beneficial investment vehicles for various life events, has raised $9 million in a new round of funding, the company said. . ” Users can open a savings account with as little as $25, according to Yudina.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 30, 2014

One of my books, Extending the Runway , uses parallels to piloting a plane to equate to the process of creating and building a small company, making maximum use of resources to get to and beyond breakeven. There are five types of resources a great board can add to a company. There is a fine line between.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 2, 2010

In 1976, at the age of 14, I Co-Founded a Sports Memorabilia company with my friend (and future brother-in-law). We pooled our resources and each invested $50 into the adVenture, which we named Capital Cards, due to our proximity to Washington, DC. It was a great time to start a sports memorabilia company.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

The strategy has evolved since Geder and Harris made their first investment twelve years ago into a company called Streetcred.com, a site that allowed fans to go online and share opinions about street culture. “In the past, we were always looking through the glass window and looking at ways we can participate earlier.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

Murphy joins the company from Infor, where he had been Senior Vice President of Financial Solutions. He also has served at such companies as Platinum Technology, Information Resources Inc. BlackLine Systems says it has seen revenue increases of more than 50 percent annually for the past seven years. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2015

Dave’s note: John Huston is founder and past manager of the 300+ member Ohio TechAngel Funds and a past Chairman of both the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute. . To simplify the obvious question, you should ask: “In whose hands does my company have the greatest value?” By John Huston.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2022

I remember too many once thriving and growing companies, such as Blockbuster and BlackBerry, who somehow changed their way of thinking, and were overtaken by more nimble and astute peers or newcomers, like Netflix and Apple. Don’t let all the data you now have on the past keep you from listening for changes in the market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2017

What most often kills a company is the illusion (or delusion) that all is now stable and everyone can relax. The challenge is to retain the same sense of urgency, energy, commitment, and readiness in a mature company that you felt during the startup stage. Capture your own best practices and replicate them across your company.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2018

It is a real risk for the successful entrepreneur that the daily demands of business make it more and more difficult to know the pulse of the industry, which becomes more and more risky as decisions are made and resources allocated to projects or products that may no longer be as attractive as before. . Big bets on old business plans.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

Southern California's largest angel investment group, the Tech Coast Angels , looks to be one of the lead investors nationally in angel-backed companies, according to a report released Monday by the Angel Resource institute.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 11, 2016

You worry that the person leaving will begin to unload all the pent–up garbage from the past, perhaps damaging the company and causing customer defections and even employee unrest. It is human nature for those remaining to blame the departed employee for any sort of sins from the past, real or imagined. Your worry is real.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2019

It’s a good bet that you’ve been exposed to articles, courses and lectures about various styles of management, and how each is appropriate for some companies and for some levels of organization and at various times. In a past insight, I used the phrase: “Bet the farm only when the crops are on fire!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. In the past, very little consideration has been given to finding people who share your purpose and values for the business. It’s a small cost to prevent a long-term loss.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is defined as the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working. Extending the Runway book available at www.berkus.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2023

Look for operations that are hogging resources without generating significant revenue. With a concentrated point of focus, your company might be well positioned for growth this year. Past layoffs at big companies usually means more great employees on the market now for newer companies. Snap up top talent.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? In late 2018 we shifted the model to include a cash investment in cohort companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2022

Perceived authorities guide decision making, by investing time, resources, and activity in earning a position of influence, leading to a community of loyalists who follow their recommendations. Greater value is assigned to the resources that are, or are perceived to be, less available. Scarcity – less is more. Consistency.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 18, 2012

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners - a go to resource here in LA for recruiting C-level positions at startups - was nice enough to compile some data again this year (see last year's Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data ). I was expecting that over the past few years, the pressure on VCs maybe had translated into lower salaries. It has not.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2017

Yet if you don’t spend some resources preparing for the changes in the marketplace we already know about, there may be no tomorrow for your business. I believe these factors are key to the future success of every new startup, as well as every mature company: Leadership must be values-based and people focused.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In one industry I know well, the dominant player with 22% market share was acquired by one of the largest companies in the technology world. Everyone, including those connected with the newly acquired dominant player, wondered what changes would affect their company and their personal lives and fortunes. Battle or avoid?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2021

According to consistent feedback over the past several years, even in the best companies, employees seem stuck at less than 40 percent happy and "fully engaged.” Based on my own long experience in business, team satisfaction, engagement, and productivity continues to be a challenge. Enhance intrinsic motivation through coaching.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

It's surprising how often we run into rapidly growing companies that not many people have heard of, here in Southern California, but that's the case with El Segundo-based. NEOGOV , which has quietly built an enterprise software company supplying human resources software to the government and public sector. What is Neogov?

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