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Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?

Berkonomics

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause that they have been trained to challenge. The attorney held fast defending every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?

Berkonomics

And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause that they have been trained to challenge. The attorney held fast defending every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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Reduce five risks: Increase your valuation

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] A great idea often fails from the inexperience or inability of management to bring the idea to market. A third demonstration of overcoming market risk is by holding controlled focus groups and gathering information from unbiased potential customers supporting the acceptance of the product or service.

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Find and build recurring revenues.

Berkonomics

We immediately recall the razor and blade analogy to illustrate the point when planning product development and release. Email readers, continue here.] Think of the portion of fixed overhead covered by recurring revenues. If you have not spent considerable time refining a strategy to include recurring revenues, do so now.

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With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LA

TechCrunch LA

million in seed funding from David Sacks’ Craft Ventures and has already signed contracts with the toy company Mattel and CMA CGM Group. Cui was brought on board to start developing the technology product — which Wen says is exactly like an Uber for trucking. The company has raised $3.5

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Can you overcome five risks and create wealth?

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] Are you ahead or behind the market with your product or service? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. Second: Market risk. .

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Address the five risks to increase your valuation.

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here.] Third: Management risk. A third demonstration of overcoming market risk is by holding controlled focus groups and gathering information from unbiased potential customers supporting the acceptance of the product or service. And fifth: Competitive risk.