Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

By now, most managers at any level have created a set of key performance indicators and even a dashboard to help follow trends and warn of excursions. If so, is it one critical customer or a trend? The “rule of excursions.” ” There is a truism you should internalize: Most all big problems start off as small problems.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

But like the company Kyriba, where we recently sold our position at above $1 billion, it took time until the revenue exceeded $100 million recurring and then the industry really competed to back this amazing company since it had scale, defensible technology and long-term, committed customers. VCs have different views and strategies on this.

Venture Capital 223

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

Now we have a thousand large companies into it, and if you name a big company, they're a customers of ours, from Starbucks to NASA. Robin Richards: Brand amplification and brand protection are critical to companies, in helping them attract and retain employees. They wanted to get help getting their resume out there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2022

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

We focus on connections, helping them further their reach, expanding their Rolodex, and helping them share information on athletes in a more efficient manner. It''s much like a sales team might use software to find leads. We think of it as a Match.com for sports, and helping athletes to get out there and find the right school.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

They also have a very smart and efficient approach to creative development that was critical to helping us scale,” she wrote. (If It’s different than working with a group like us that’s trying to optimize every small piece of the funnel, and being accountable for the entire funnel to drive as much sales or revenue.

Commerce 211

Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Technology 97

Technology Social Media Startup Entertainment 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. For starters, here is my selection of some key metrics that every six-sigma joint like GE tracks without thinking, but that too many small businesses haven’t yet formalized: Sales revenue.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 29, 2014

Personalize ads using sales data. Freshplum , founded by Sam Odio, Michael Yuan and Nick Alexander, uses data science to help businesses that sell goods and services electronically increase their overall revenue while reducing their online promotion spend. Know your customer’s preferences. This wasn’t magic.

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Sales Statistics IBM IBM 77

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Entrepreneurs have no trouble focusing on how to build a product, and the good ones know how to find and nurture those first critical customers. Here is my selection of ten key metrics that every six-sigma joint like GE tracks without thinking, but too many small businesses only monitor haphazardly, if at all: Sales revenue.

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Metrics Startup Sales Statistics 106

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

Custom Wharton Degree. As I turned away, somewhat shocked with the ease with which I had customized my curriculum, he stopped me and asked, “I can understand why you want to take Squash, but can I ask why you are enrolling in Farsi?”. marketing, finance, sales, etc.). Statistics. Communication. Computer Science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 106

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 106

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. So we were connected to people that helped us get our money back. So in a sense, we crowdsourced our advisory board and.

Newsletter 233

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 233

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2019

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Even though these last few years have not been great financially for entrepreneurs, it always helps to look at the cup as half full, rather than half empty. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater. Next comes sales volume by channel.

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Startup Tips Venture Capital Demand 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2018

It’s hard to be successful in any business when your customers can’t find you, or they find you and still can’t figure out whether your solution works for them. Use plain language (no acronyms) on the first page and every page, to emphasize customer benefits, as well as product features. A guarantee reduces the risk for the customer.

SEO 53

SEO Tips Newsletter Statistics 53

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2017

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 55

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 55

socalTECH

OCTOBER 2, 2012

These companies have built a leadership position in the market they serve, and they meet a mission critical need of their customer base. Our day to day focus is to work very closely with our companies to help them grow to $15M to $25M in revenues in about three to five years, at which time we'll likely seek an exit to a strategic acquirer.

Acquisition 168

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review Equity 168

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2014

There is still infinite room for new startup sales modes and models. This gives rise to the personalization and customization that we all want. Analytics will soon drive nearly all business decisions for any company that wants to remain relevant to its customers. Crowdsource: putting your audience to work beyond customers.

Startup 99

Startup Social Media Entertainment Metrics 99

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

Consistent with the statistics cited in Why Entrepreneurs Hate (Most) MBAs , the large majority of John and Kyle''s classmates accepted positions at investment banks and consulting firms upon graduation. So we were connected to people that helped us get our money back. So in a sense, we crowdsourced our advisory board and.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Based on some good estimates of how many new ventures have been started in the last five years, the statistical odds of any individual startup making it to this level are less than one in a million. It helps to have a following of loyal advocates in the mainstream press. But, of course, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try.

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Company Companies Startup Statistics 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2016

Put aside the rose-colored glasses of your passion, and ask a financial expert to validate the total costs required to build the business as well as realistic sales volumes and growth. It helps to document a total business plan rather than rely on your total recollection of all essential elements. And he is an optimist.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 62

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2014

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-Founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Statistics Equity Satisfaction 107

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2009

Last week, Ayax Systems launched LetSimonDecide.com , a new website targeted at helping people make major decisions. Ricardo Solar: The idea is to help people make decisions, any type of decision. We are currently working with a couple of Fortune 500 companies, doing customized versions of this for market research.

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Research Statistics Pepperdine Sites 100

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

There are four basic ways to increase the cash position of a company: inject cash through borrowing or investment, decrease spending or payments on debt, increase efficiency of operations, and increase revenues or advance payments from customers. A close second for the same reasons are sales taxes and income taxes.

Services 159

Services Statistics Startup .Net 159

socalTECH

JULY 10, 2017

There's been a revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the last few years, by both startups and large companies, to help in a large number of areas. When we looked at their loss numbers, we knew the type of statistical analysis we were doing could solve that problem, too, which is why we started the company.

Artificial Inteligence 124

Artificial Inteligence Software Review San Diego .Net 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2017

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

Entrepreneur 57

Entrepreneur USC Statistics Equity 57

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors. So we like to behave like we don’t know any better than you – we can just bring an outside perspective to help spar you and make you a better decision-maker through the process. That’s healthy. Conviction.

Startup 150

Startup Coach Course Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2013

That’s not an attractive statistic if you crave control and power. Your great idea for the next Facebook may make you wealthy, but it probably won’t help the hungry. Should you start a company solo or find co-Founders to help you? You can’t have it all, just like your startup can’t be all things to all customers.

Startup 98

Startup Entrepreneur Statistics Equity 98

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Three reasons: There is a relative valuation between the price a VC pays and their expectations of what it will exit for in an IPO or trade sale. Also, it’s harder to pay a $30 million pre-money value on an unproved company when you see public companies with $100 million in sales trading for less than $20 million.

Venture Capital 263

Venture Capital Startup Invest Funding 263

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. That became our company Hit the Ground Running, which we launched in 2007 to help a number of Fortune 500 clients with our technology and methodologies.

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Geni Web Guide Platform 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Developing their business directly through partnerships with sports teams, Crowd Seats has the ability to get larger discounts on potentially unused ticket sales to provide value for the fans, teams, and venues. They also gave a quick tour of the dashboard that clients would be using to customize their now mobile ready sites.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

socalTECH

JULY 23, 2009

It's somewhat unusual in this economy to find companies who are seeing strong growth, so we were intrigued recently in running into BlackLine Systems (www.blackline.com), a firm which develops software for helping in the financial reporting process. It's unusual to have a CEO from the technology side, they're usually from sales.

Startup 124

Startup Software Review CTO Hire Oracle 124

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. The resulting entity will gain complementary skills, economies of scale, new customer sets, and hopefully a larger growth opportunity. Investors hesitate to invest under these conditions.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Equity Invest Startup 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Investors know that the fun of a startup turns into managing production processes, sales processes, and personnel in a few years. The resulting entity will gain complementary skills, economies of scale, new customer sets, and hopefully a larger growth opportunity. Investors hesitate to invest under these conditions.

Startup 150

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2013

Projecting the financials should be the last step of your business plan preparation, since it assumes you already know the opportunity size, customer buying habits, pricing, costs, and competition. Unless your volumes are in the millions or higher, the difference between manufacturing cost and customer price better be 50% or greater.

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