SoCal CTO

APRIL 9, 2013

What I didn''t discuss was how you should go about selecting the right company. I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Graphic design? Or are you starting from scratch?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry. This week’s insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago.

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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. 3D-printing companies are working on new ways to manufacture personal protective equipment and swabs for COVID-19 testing.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 29, 2022

From their book, “Designing for Growth,” they iterate a four-question matrix, each with steps for creation through launch. Then let’s design it so it will wow. Email readers, continue here…] Let’s refer to this as managerial ideation. Empathize –learn about the audience for whom you are designing. What works?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In my last post I pointed out that many of the media commentators who have criticized the YouTube video network companies as not having strong businesses were mistaken. The next part of the margin mix online video companies must get control of is talent margins. The best companies look at data to know what time to post.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Creating a gerat company in a relative vacuum is an exercise in complete trust that the entrepreneur knows what’s best for the customer, perhaps even without interaction with such a customer. So, I’ve developed the three step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Most designers, at least the ones I know, hate to network and rarely do it. The key to networking in the tech world is you do not need to be the best in the world, you just need to be passionate, willing to learn and in a lot of cases be the best designer or developer that people know. Reach out to people you want to meet.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 21, 2020

The company sent an email to customers Tuesday that after examining the business, the car-sharing industry and COVID-19, it decided to shutter the service permanently. The company confirmed that all operations should be concluded by later this summer. Below is a screenshot of the email sent Tuesday morning to Maven customers.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 7, 2022

Years ago, I led a deal and invested in a company that looked like it had lots of promise to disrupt the women’s clothing industry with special algorithms and an online store. The entrepreneur–founder explained this problem away by stating that the designers and manufacturers would ship direct after we’d grown to a large enough size.

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2023

The structure combines the listing of your goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. Email readers, continue here…] Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

On a larger scale, there are epoch stories of giant companies eating massive losses in a recall of product, often based upon limited testing before release. The lesson here is a bit obscure, since it is not clear whether the kind of testing then common in processor design would have surfaced the error.

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 25, 2013

Apple is a remarkable company. Apple was a remarkable company. Something has to happen to keep this company going and growing. If Apple were my company, here’s what I would do: 1. If it were my company apple iOS iPad iPhone macbook OSX Steve jobs' Wait, retract. Then again. Innovation. But is this enough?

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Fixed overhead for salaries, rent, equipment leases and more make up the majority of the “burn rate” (monthly expenses) for most companies. How about young or pre-revenue companies? We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic. The art of good management.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Over fifty years ago, I was CEO of a record manufacturing company in Hollywood. As founder and CEO of the then public company, I was expert in several of the “clean” processes such as studio recording, record mastering, cover design and photo lithography. Email readers, continue here…] .

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 9, 2020

The Los Angeles-based app development shop, V/One , is giving away 50,000 free mobile app builds through the rest of April as the company officially launches its platform for would-be, LA-based mobile app moguls. Since its soft launch, December 20th of last year, the app development company has built over 100 new applications.

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Berkonomics

JULY 13, 2023

Here are several examples of tactics from my recent experience with companies where I serve as board member. Example tactics for one strategy: [Email readers, continue here…] Strategy Three: Expand into at least three new continents through new distribution channels. Tactics direct each department in very specific ways.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Elementary Robotics was co-founded by Bill Gross, the brains behind an increasingly resurgent Idealab incubator, and Arye Barnehama, a former head of design at the augmented reality startup DAQRI. That was around 2017, when the two first began brainstorming how they would build their company.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This one seems non-negotiable for many non-production-line workers and offers savings for both the company and employee if properly implemented and supervised. And there are some industries where tools such as stock options are considered mandatory for a company to be competitive. But back to the money issue….

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Berkonomics

JULY 27, 2017

I internalized this phrase, recalling the many times I had partnered with customers to design new feature-functionality into my hotel computer system back when such systems were brand new to the industry. This week’s insight came from personal experience and from a good friend who advanced the notion of the “teacher-customer” years ago.

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Customer Custom Design Conference 243

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Especially in companies with unusually stifling cultures allowing few errors or deviations from the handbook or rules, some new employees just cannot adapt. Yet, we hired the person based upon our perception of the ability to do the job designated. My experience is that it is better for both the new hire and the company to make the.

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Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2024

Conversely, a fast-growing industry lifts most all good participants, making excellent companies excel even more and grow even faster, like a small plane flying at 150 knots with a 75-knot tailwind. Email readers, continue here…] Have you created high barriers to entry? How large is your total market?

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Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2017

The structure combined the listing of the goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years. Yet each is measurable if achieved.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 19, 2022

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Sign up to Tech.co's weekly newsletter today Please fill in your name Please fill in your email Subscribe By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Privacy Policy. The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX.

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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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to Wildfire Sytems this morning, Wildlink is a platform designed for monetizing social messaging and digital communications, which rewards consumers for making word-of-mouth recommendations to others. The startup is backed by Mucker Capital, which led a $2M seed funding round in the company in 2017. READ MORE>>.

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Southern California Edison Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Malicious attackers perceive tech startups as vulnerable, valuable targets: startups often have fewer infrastructure protections and smaller IT teams than their more established counterparts, and multiple connections to larger companies with lucrative data. . In the past year, 42% of small businesses experienced a cyberattack.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based Chrome River , which develops cloud-based expense and invoice automation software, has extended its software to handle hotel bills and folios, the company said today. The company said its feature was designed in conjunction with Traxo. Chrome River is led by CEO Alan Rich. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

I still remember my disappointment the first time I published my website, did an immediate Google search on the name, and it said my company didn’t exist. I’ve said many times that the Internet domain name should be reserved at the same time you incorporate your company name – they need to be the same, or highly related.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2017

On a larger scale, there are epoch stories of giant companies eating massive losses in a recall of product, often based upon limited testing before release. The lesson here is a bit obscure, since it is not clear whether the kind of testing then common in processor design would have surfaced the error.

Software Review 243

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 11, 2018

In the battle royal to become the last dock-less scooter startup standing ( and un-besmirched by poop ), Bird has inked what it is characterizing as exclusive deals with Ninebot (the parent company of Segway ) and Xiaomi ( yes, that Xiaomi ), for rights to their supply of scooters for ride-sharing in the U.S.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The Los Angeles area startup is hoping to make it easier for crowdfunded projects to find additional customers for their projects, by streamlining request for samples, communication via email, Facbeook, Twitter, SMS, and more. The site was founded by Candice Georgiadis, a jewelry designer based in Malibu.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2019

EV Connect , the Los Angeles-based company that sells software to manage electric vehicle charging, has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by investors Mitsui & Co. The company has raised $25 million to date. EV Connect’s cloud-based platform has an open standard architecture that is designed to be hardware agnostic.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. What has been captured so far? Wireframes?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with. Wednesday I have 4 companies coming in to talk about their companies.

Software Review 381

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 15, 2016

From their book, “Designing for Growth,” they iterate a four question matrix, each with steps for creation through launch. Then let’s design it so it will wow. Email readers, continue here…] What works? The Stanford Design School teaches ideation as a five step process, fitting nicely into the four questions above.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What set of functionality would make your company launch-ready? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Obviously, it's far simpler to aim for browser-based systems and basically aim your design to work okay on mobile devices with some additional effort on the part of the user. What has been captured so far? Wireframes?

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