Berkonomics

JUNE 16, 2016

Dave’s note: Our guest author this week is Kevin McDonald, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Alvaka Networks, a network services and security firm in Irvine, California. Email readers, continue here…] Some attacks are rudimentary, but watch it! Don’t open emails from unknown sources.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 12, 2014

I recently received an email from a former student in which he described how he was able to secure a lunch meeting with a high-profile entrepreneur who is operating multiple ventures in parallel. I wasn''t surprised by Benedikt''s email, as I was aware of his confidence and politely aggressive personality.

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Berkonomics

MAY 15, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] Angel investing is rapidly evolving to the same state of development, as a result of networking, industry associations, and deal sharing between angel groups. Very often, the initial opinions of the people around the table are radically different. Raising money'

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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. Much of network television can cost $100,000 / minute to produce. It’s why many talent agencies or ad networks struggle to get scale advantages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Or that you are a cell phone company with a multi–billion record log file of every call made from every location to every number dialed using your network. Email readers, continue here…] Such knowledge can be amazingly invasive in the wrong hands or if used without consideration for the result.

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2010

compensatory damages; and attorney's fees and costs, among other demands. submitted an email chain which shows the acceptance of Padnos' offer by Sedo. and University Netcasting, which became the CBS College Sports Network. As evidence, DONE! Padnos also has served at Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

Early partners or co-founders often drop out of the picture early due to disagreements, and you forget about them, but they don’t forget about the verbal or email promises you made. Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Our “hot deal of the week&# turned out to be more of the “hot theme of the week.&# P2P lending networks are revived and brought it a whopping $40 million in investments announced recently. So there is likely robust demand from borrowers. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. Enter P2P lending.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2022

The first cost is networking to find a mentor who is willing and able to give adequate focus to the relationship. This means being respectful and diligent about scheduling and keeping appointments, and returning emails and phone calls. It is not as simple as one person giving the other all the right answers.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Nimble's software connects to your email, social accounts, and more, and helps you track your customers, sales prospects, sales pipeline, and much much more. There were barely network applications at the time. We built the first, networkable contact management product, Goldmine, to run on top of Novell.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2017

In an age where topics like Russian hacking, CIA hacking tools and the stability of the power grid and industrial networks has suddenly become important, there are only a few companies tackling industrial network security directly. Paul Myer: Veracity Industrial Networks is a startup in the industrial network security segment.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 19, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] That’s one scenario. First there were mainframes, followed by minicomputers, then client-server systems, then peer-to-peer networks, then the Internet, mobile devices, cloud computing, and now mesh networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

He wanted to create awareness for himself to generate marketing buzz and demand and then get the retail stores to pay wholesales prices for his cds. 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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Eric Greenspan

MAY 14, 2013

I will share these great products with the Mommy Bloggers in my network for reviews, sponsored posts, links and advertisements. I will demand and police honest and ethical reviews, whether good or bad. If you are a manufacturer of great products for kids or families, email me: eric at zodiac805 dot com. Win win win.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

The firm said that it has commercially released its software, which helps artists generate demand from fans via direct marketing, social networking and other online channels, widgets, as well as email campaigns.

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Tech.Co

APRIL 7, 2020

Comfort and community are two of the main aspects that the business seems to strive for, offering modern clean environments with all mod-cons, as well as regular community events for customers, including networking meetings. To provide support and motivation, our members-only email newsletter has become the LABS Stay-Insider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2019

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

We could still deliver applicants and deliver passive job seekers to a company, but we could also delivery applicants that already understood what the cultur of the company was, and be able to measure the kind of footprint people were making on a social network. You've got to know best practices in demand generation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

If you receive an email or phone call requesting details on your plan from someone you don’t know, don’t assume that asking them to sign an NDA will protect you. The same is true for strangers who may approach you at networking events or industry conferences. Don’t even respond to unsolicited requests for details.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2019

The first cost is networking to find a mentor who is willing and able to give adequate focus to the relationship. This means being respectful and diligent about scheduling and keeping appointments, and returning emails and phone calls. It is not as simple as one person giving the other all the right answers.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

It streams real-time HD video and connects to a Smartphone or Wi-Fi network. Users can also email, text, or store videos on the phone or in a DropBox account without need of a desktop computer. It has built cameras for the PRO, meeting tough demands of the police and military markets and is used by over 3000 agencies in 15 countries.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

LinkedIn is by far the world’s largest professional network with more than 380 million members in over 200 countries and territories. But it isn’t meeting the needs of everyone, leading to the creation of several sites positioning themselves as the go-to professional network for niche industries. Membership took off.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. They don’t know if they should move to social networks for lead generation, branding, customer loyalty, or for direct marketing and e-commerce.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

And what upsets people is that there are different quantities of those components available in the economic marketplace; and the law of supply and demand is pretty good about consequently assigning a value to them. How excited am I likely to be when I see a plan for a new generation of buggy whip, or another me-too social network?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2011

I suggested that he add some social network marketing initiatives, and his answer was he is “too busy.” It seems to me that there is abundant proof in the marketplace of the financial returns to both large and small businesses, the low cost of entry, and the ubiquity of social networks. Start social networking with peers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 15, 2010

I heard word that a new project was starting in Tokyo to work for the board of directors of a very large and well known Japanese electronics company to work on their Internet strategy looking at media, devices and networks. I emailed him a copy of my internal resume with my relevant experience and asked to have a phone call.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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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. Here are a few perspectives on it: Building a sweat equity team You simply need to network. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2017

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, without the costs, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

On the positive side, friends and family probably won’t be as demanding on your financial projections as a professional investor, and they likely will be satisfied with an initial offer of a convertible note (loan with option to convert to equity later), so you don’t have to give away the store before you get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2015

The first cost is networking to find a mentor who is willing and able to give adequate focus to the relationship. This means being respectful and diligent about scheduling and keeping appointments, and returning emails and phone calls. It is not as simple as one person giving the other all the right answers.

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Mentor Startup Summary Satisfaction 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Here are a few specifics on how to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem: Put a personal face and address on your site; don’t hide behind an “info” email address. Make your company visible, reachable and responsive through social networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

If you’re working at a startup and the founding team is promising that they’ll “get around to creating an employee stock option plan&# soon – demand it now. Second – don’t send unsolicited emails to VCs. Bad behavior but prevalent. Minutes 11-16 in the video. <<

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