Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Innovators make use of golden strands of opportunity left when the unfinished vision of another cries for completion, or when a genuine new concept changes the very way people think about their lives. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

election cycle well and truly heating up, it’s hard to go a day without hearing about Hillary Clinton’s secret basement email gaffe. There he gathered every credential he needed to break into John Brennan’s private email account, and the rest, as they say, is history. With the U.S. Don’t Expose Yourself.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Lynda said the breach also included information on contact information and courses viewed, according to an email sent to users. The hashed passwords spurred a reset of accounts on the site, as well as a wider warning to its users. Lynda.com is headquartered in Carpinteria. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2014

Google has just allowed each of their “ Inbox by Gmail ” users to invite three of their friends and of course everyone is wondering what’s new with the technology giant. Other than that, I can see how many can be confused by this new change and may not want to move to a new way of approaching their email.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

Andrew Bermudez , co-founder and CEO of Irvine-based Digsy (www.getdigsy.com) wasn't looking to build software to help commercial real estate brokers close more deals. Andrwe Bermudez: We were able to get a lot of data using those tools, and then latched onto their email communications. What is Digsy? It worked well. How did that work?

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Innovators make use of golden strands of opportunity left when the unfinished vision of another cries for completion, or when a genuine new concept changes the very way people think about their lives. They could send only the “LO” of “LOGON” before recording the very first crash of the Internet.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] Our CEO then returned to the restaurant and met with the chef to have him list all the ingredients from the meal the executive was eating. Years ago, I was in the process of selling a software system worth more than $100,000 to a well-known baseball hero who owned his namesake hotel in St.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

By Bob La Loggia, CEO StormSource Software I enjoy the ride on a good commercial airline flight. It is being temporarily taken off course the whole trip. And, each time the elements take it off course, it corrects and gets back on the right path. You’ll be blown off course every day. Challenges.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Mindflash says its site allows users to create online training courses using PowerPoint, Word, PDF, and videos, add quizzes, and automate tasks like grading and sending out email invites and reminders. Tags: mindflash online training small business saas software employee. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

Of course, I’ll tell another harrowing story here. Email readers, continue here…] Early in the rapid growth phase of my computer software company, I hired an excellent, IBM-trained vice president of sales to further growth and begin our international expansion. A personal story illustrates the point too well.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do they generate emails or other external notifications? Email - are you sending out emails periodically? It needs to be a conversation.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Of course, it's way more complex than just these questions. Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do they generate emails or other external notifications? Email - are you sending out emails periodically? It needs to be a conversation.

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Berkonomics

MAY 17, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Many companies have a bell hung somewhere in or near the sales bull pen, rung each time a sale is consummated. Here comes another story. This one may be like one or more you have experienced in your company. It is a story about focus upon the customer, first. Some examples of celebration you can use.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2021

Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life. I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Great entrepreneurs, like Bill Gates, are great at both. Professional relationships.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

The firm, which underwent a significant restructuring over the last two years, went on an investment tear over the course of 2019 as new partners went out to build up a new portfolio for the firm — almost of a whole cloth. Kleiner Perkins gets back to early-stage with its $600M 18th fund.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I never took a business course, never wrote a business plan, and never raised any outside capital. I had to be successful at my new software company. Email readers, continue here.] Frank Peters made his money writing software for Wall Street. How was striking out on my own? I had no alternatives to success.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2019

For years software development worked on a “waterfall model” in which you did research, design, build, test, deploy and then watch how users reacted to your product. The more you are regularly checking in the more room for course correction or at a minimum the more bought in board members are because they participated in the process.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2015

And since I was 13 years old I have been accustomed to the debate about the limitations of technology or rather the downsides of being overly obsessed with gadgets, devices, software or applications. Technology is of course a dual-edge sword but the media discussions of how it affects human interactions all too often focuses on the downsides.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 9, 2020

Update Antivirus Software . This is where tools like project management software can really help. Even better, many of these software provide other helpful features that can make tracking productivity even easier. Project Management Software. Check In Effectively. Work When You're Productive. Privacy and Security.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2011

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. Finally, we want it cheap (of course). Of course, you both need to have compatible smart phones with the software already downloaded. Commercial software.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. Please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. Ride Report creates software that enables cities to work with micromobility operators.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2015

It’s good advice; the theory being that entrepreneurs can discover the flaws in their business models sooner, make course corrections and move in a more favorable direction. In my case as a young software entrepreneur, I had a different approach: Fail Locally, one customer at a time. I became an entrepreneur by default.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

I've recently received several emails from people looking for a technical cofounder for their startup. Here's an example of that kind of email. Of course, you will want to figure out a bit more about the specifics of what this developer needs to know vs. can learn. Your technical advisor can likely help. Go to user groups.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 9, 2018

By defining this in terms of gross profit, we can include distributors with 15% gross margins as easily as software companies boasting nearly 100% gross margin. Email readers, continue here…] But at or around the 20-employee mark, the founders usually find that two things occur. Explaining the rotating series of crises.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Throughout the course of last year I never had more than $8,000 in my account. . People seldom understand that when enterprise customers choose your software it isn’t just a purchase order. He has staked his reputation on a project to use the software of some shitty 2-year-old startup company because he believes!

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Berkonomics

JULY 30, 2011

By defining this in terms of gross profit, we can therefore include distributors with 15% gross margins as easily as software companies boasting nearly 100% gross margin. So management reorganizes the structure of the organization to fit the new needs of the growing enterprise.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

So it was my great pleasure to host Chamillionaire on This Week in VC this week talking marketing, entrepreneurship, old media and, of course, music. In his early career he realized the importance of email lists. His email list became his power. He would occasionally give away free music in exchange for email addresses.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 23, 2012

Asana promise to save time away from the full email inbox filled with spam mails. Asana is the most interesting re-imagination of collaboration since email itself, and Founders Fund is excited to be a part of the company as they radically overhaul the way teams work together. Asana also saves on time wasted in meetings.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 14, 2016

We spoke with co-founder Ryan Costello about Santa Monica-based Event Farm (www.eventfarm.com), on how its software technology is being used to power high end, VIP events for large companies. Ryan Costello: We're a software company. Our software is used for attendee management and for inviting guests. It's what the market needs.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The company made little effort to charge for the software or community. Email readers, continue here…] I did forget to tell you that on that day looking into the company’s books I discovered that neither the company nor its founder had filed Federal income tax returns during the three years in business, didn’t I?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2012

For example, if your startup is building a high-tech software product, a dream team of advisors would be a former CEO or high-level exec in another software company, a former software marketing executive, and a former financial executive.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. You will get a response via email to schedule a time to talk. Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. Of course, if you are a good developer looking for equity-only positions in very interesting startups, please drop me a note.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. You will get a response via email to schedule a time to talk. Unfortunately, we are web, mobile, software, database guys. Generally I can provide quite a bit of help in that brief time. And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

It says that selling an airplane ticket for $500 and getting paid a $5 fees by the airlines (1% gross margin) is not the same thing as selling $500 of software that you built (>90% gross margin). Sam did all this analysis before even deciding to build V1 of his software and before we put serious money behind him launching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2010

What we all need is a digital tool that can extract data from business cards, as well as sync it with your cell phone, your email, and the social networks you use. Finally, we want it cheap (of course). I found dozens of software packages available on the Internet for free download, or a nominal price. Commercial software.

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