Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Other investment bankers insist that the company create competition for a deal, even if the buyer has already submitted a letter of interest to the seller. Competition opens the deal to more public access, slows the deal and could give competitors wind of an otherwise confidential process. Then there is the question of fees.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

And if that new strategy is proved to be true, the five-hundred-pound gorilla in that niche just moved out of the way of many of its smaller competitors, leaving a market that will surely see a scramble for new competition in the near future. How could you compete with the gorilla? The answer is found in defining the niche itself.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 29, 2022

What if we could do it better, do it in a new way, do it to attract new customers, do it to distance ourselves form the competition? Email readers, continue here…] Let’s refer to this as managerial ideation. What is the urgent need, the reason people will pay, the positive effect upon the enterprise by making this happen?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2022

For larger or later stage companies, it could be to increase market share through acquisitions with the attendant elimination of competition or increase in a company’s reach. I prefer a financial goal, such as “achieve $20 million in revenue within five years.” Have you stated a goal for others to follow?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. Entrepreneurs who can openly describe their team’s weaknesses, negative exogenous factors and potentially lethal competitive threats have a higher likelihood of success. From a venture capitalist’s point of view, there are no “trick” questions.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The most striking example was the one hundred million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Just think of the second tool, terms, you can use creatively to bridge that gap, whether driven by seller’s ego or competitive necessity. Here’s a striking example.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2020

. “We are mourning this terrible loss and still searching for the words,” wrote Mattias Metternich, co-founder of Bryant’s grooming startup, Art of Sport , in an email. During his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, the MVP and 18-time All-Star set records and helped architect runs to five national championships.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 17, 2013

One of the oldest coworking spaces in Los Angeles, BLANKSPACES , appears to have faith (and apparently, some success) in the whole coworking model, and told its supporters today that it has just renewed its lease for another five years in its original location, which is in the Mid-Wilshire area.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. Entrepreneurs who can openly describe their team’s weaknesses, negative exogenous factors and potentially lethal competitive threats have a higher likelihood of success. From a venture capitalist’s point of view, there are no “trick” questions.

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Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Read our guide to the best VoIP desk phones to check out its competition. It does have a five-project limit, however. From its 4.3-inch

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Other investment bankers insist that the company create competition for a deal, even if the buyer has already submitted a letter of interest to the seller. Competition opens the deal to more public access, slows the deal and could give competitors wind of an otherwise confidential process. Then there is the question of fees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In the book, and in his popular lecture series, he says you can do it yourself, and outlines five steps to success, which I have adapted a bit for startups as follows: Analyze existing media, social media, and your demographics. Get to know the five W’s of these and others – who, what, where, when, and why. Pick your fit.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Friends, family and fools: [Email readers, continue here…] This term, although pejorative, describes the typical mix of early investors in a small, young growing business. In return, the accelerator often invests $25,000 to $100,000 in the young enterprise and takes from five to ten percent of the equity in return.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

It is the bane of every startups existence because it takes up so much time, it is so competitive to sign people and it feels like unproductive time because it’s not moving the ball forward on product, engineering, sales, marketing, biz dev, fund raising. Recruiting. In fact, it’s worse than that. Don’t fight 90% of the war.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 13, 2016

And if that new strategy is proved to be true, the five–hundred–pound gorilla in that niche just moved out of the way of many of its smaller competitors, leaving a market that will surely see a scramble of new competition in the near future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2023

I offer here a synopsis of his five key tactics in making any business decision, with my own insights added, that I would recommend to every business professional aspiring to make the jump to leadership: First get all the input you can from your team. Avoid being misled by flawed decision frameworks.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 15, 2016

What if we could do it better, do it in a new way, do it to attract new customers, do it to distance ourselves form the competition? The Stanford Design School teaches ideation as a five step process, fitting nicely into the four questions above. What wows? Would it wow them to action or anticipation?

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Berkonomics

MARCH 31, 2016

For larger or later stage companies, it could be to increase market share through acquisitions with the attendant elimination of competition or increase in a company’s reach. Email readers, continue here…] I prefer a financial goal, such as “achieve $20 million in revenue within five years.”

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Berkonomics

MARCH 25, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] Strategic relationships (reducing market risk and competitive risk) $1/2 million. Sound Idea (basic value, product risk) $1/2 million. Prototype (reducing technology risk) $1/2 million. Prototype (reducing technology risk) $1/2 million.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2019

According to studies , intimate relationships are limited to about five, but most people can easily handle 50 to 150 or more professional ones, if they work at it. That’s more than enough to put you ahead of your competition. Busy business professionals often tell me they are too busy to allow networking. Make the investment today.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 26, 2017

The most striking example was the one hundred–million–dollar purchase of one of my companies by a New York private equity investor using only five million of its cash. Email readers, continue here…] There are so many ways to satisfy a seller, sometimes a seller’s ego, by making a price seem higher than the reality of the purchase.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. How do I appraise my intellectual property to estimate royalty rates?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Shared electric scooters came onto the scene five years ago with a promising vision of getting people out of cars and onto greener modes of transportation. “In a nutshell: The challenge with LA is that it is an open vendor market with no vehicle cap,” Spin’s chief executive Philip Reinckens said in an email to TechCrunch.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. How do I appraise my intellectual property to estimate royalty rates?

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2012

There are five niches you can chose when defining your positioning strategy: price, quality, service, innovation, and elegance. Ford returned from the land of the nearly-dead to become not only profitable but a desirable alternative to the dominant Japanese cars by emphasizing quality at competitive prices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet, in the interest of full disclosure, and an honest intent to save future entrepreneurs some grief and money, I would remind you that starting any business has key dependencies on at least five major elements, including product design and delivery, the right people on the team, adequate funding, a sizable market opportunity, and marketing.

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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. In return, the accelerator often invests $25,000 to $100,000 in the young enterprise and takes from five to ten percent of the equity in return.

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socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Constantine is CEO of Ulevate, and Dmitri is an advisor, and also is known as the co-founder of email management and filtering software developer SaneBox. Our cost is very low, which allows us a key, competitive advantage. What is Ulevate? Instead, we give it to them for free. Eighteen to twenty percent of the revenue is services.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

billion company in the brutally competitive beauty industry, especially one with such broad appeal. I truly believe the ‘girlboss’ term was created to celebrate an emerging wave of female leaders – which is still rare in business, and was even rarer around 10 years ago when the phrase was popularized,” Green told TechCrunch in an email. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 9, 2012

Your competitive advantage. Identify your sustainable competitive advantage, like unique benefits, cost savings, or industry ties. Don’t kill your credibility by saying you have no competition. You need to show your summary revenue and expense projections for three to five years. Financial projections and funding.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 2, 2012

October” because of his consistent ability to hit home runs during clutch situations in playoff and World Series games, which contributed to his teams winning five championships. As such, he played for five different teams during his career. He earned the nickname “Mr. Managerial Oversight And Performance Matter At A Startup.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

<Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> Below is my email to Jim and Kevin, following my debriefing with the VoIP expert, who requested to remain anonymous. The net was that 's app is too sophisticated for the five verbs. <Note: > -jeff. com> 4/25/08.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Effective time management skills are often the best competitive edge. Dr. Yager is a real guru on this subject, having been a productivity coach, trainer, and author for many years, and still found time to squeeze out over 30 books, including five related to this subject. Determine where email and social media add value.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The basic concept has to make some kind of sense given the technical, market and competitive environment, otherwise nothing else matters. Perhaps surprisingly, the components are NOT the traditional coding/business pieces; nor are they even coding /user interface / business / sales, or whatever. BUT good ideas are NOT hard to find.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2013

Make sure you have the five basic platform tools in place well before the launch – social media profiles with a great headshot (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube), website (with blog), business cards, email signature block, and an email address on your domain name. You have to get your customer’s attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2017

Success in today’s rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment requires a total alignment between the needs of each business function and the priorities of all team members. Failed strategies erode your competitive position. Measure execution on a single strategy, rather than talk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

If stored on CDs, this would require a stack from here to the moon and back more than five times. Surdak emphasizes that the goal is to either mitigate some of the pressure caused by data growth or to put that pressure to work for you in growing your startup and remaining competitive: Focus: play to your strengths. Marty Zwilling.

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