Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

One of your employees is approached by an employee of a customer or of a supplier, stating that “It sure would be great to work in your company.” It has happened to all of us who have been leaders in business long enough. Let me tell you the story from one of my companies that recently learned about the recruiting boomerang the hard way.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A survey among customers who were registered with five different shared e-scooter apps in Norway in the fall of 2021 found that in all circumstances except for night rides, e-scooters most often replace walking. Plus , a driver in an SUV once hit me while I was standing on the sidewalk, innocently looking for a nearby ramen joint.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 10, 2014

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The very best marketing is word-of-mouth from your very happy customers. The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Others, like Guy Kawasaki , have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent enhancements or omissions that can kill your deal. Lead with your intent to offer the solution free to customers. Of course, customers love free, but investors hate it. Skip the hype.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 3, 2022

Glossier’s management has faced well-deserved scrutiny for failing to support members of its retail staff, leaving them to endure racist treatment from customers. And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2016

Due diligence is going the next step, to meet and interview all key members of the team, visit the business location and follow-up with early customers and advisors. Customer and market interaction. Investors will test your relationship with real customers, based on the data you provide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2015

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The very best marketing is word-of-mouth from your very happy customers. The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive. Build word-of-mouth into your product or service.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2011

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. We have strong interest from a major customer.” Otherwise talk about paying customers only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2010

Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. We have strong interest from a major customer.” Otherwise talk about paying customers only.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2010

This would include removal of defaming items that have been published maliciously about innocent victims and companies, and just plain errors in data which may harm your company or your personal profile. These items can kill your business career, as you may remember from the example in Google Results are the Measure of an Entrepreneur.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures, and Innocal. We did market studies, talked to customers, and launched a prototype in 2006, launching the company in 2008. It was strategic to get Proctor and Gamble, and Kraft Foods to be customers. We spoke with Dr. Sadr about the firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I decided to water down some details to protect the innocent. “If you write a blog post then every one of your customers will read it and question the privacy issue and you yourself know that the article was a red herring. And the Twitter effect would have been a direct bullseye for our target customers and partners.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

A startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face. Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement.

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socalTECH

JULY 9, 2010

A lot of us have been in situations where we've shared various things with people--and usually, innocently, have them forward it around, reposted it, and done a lot of things you wish they hadn't done. It's a lot more contextual, and something as innocent as making a comment that you're not happy with your job at the moment can be an issue.

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