Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2023

The structure combines the listing of your goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. And I’s my favorite method of organizing a strategic plan. There are two important elements. Let’s call it “OST.” What is a strategy?

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socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cast & Crew, which develops payroll and human resources, accounting and financial, and workflow and productivity software for the entertainment industry, said yesterday that it has acquired LeBog Software, a developer of digital purchase order software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2020

Los Angeles-based GroWrk Remote , which is backed by Act One Ventures, says it has launched a new, smart remote office management platform designed to help companies manage their team's home office needs.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- Partnering With Product Design Firms. A panel of expert practitioners will share their personal experiences using and providing contracted resources and answer your questions on this critical aspect of product development. See [link] (more).

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

Teaching about the five types of resources In my book, “Extending the Runway” (Second Edition, Berkus Press 2014), I explore the thesis that there are five basic types of resources an entrepreneur must exploit in growing a successful business: time, money, process, relationships and context. Coaches have seen your movie before.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- "Partnering With Product Design Firms To Accelerate Your Product Development Cycle" PDMA. A panel of both service providers AND satisfied client companies will share their experiences using and providing contracted resources.

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socalTECH

MAY 15, 2019

Evite said the new "pro" product offers up tools for managing events, including designing and sending invitations, tracking attendee status, managing ongoing guest communications, and accessing event analytics such as deliverability, RSVP rate, and more. Evite said the new service will cost $249.99 based on an annual subscription.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Many of the start-ups my various angel funds have financed died a slow death , not because of poor concept but because of poor execution, wasting fixed overhead and draining the financial resources from the company coffers. The financial pain of unplanned delays. and the result of not listening to our gut?

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

Several years ago, I wrote a book entitled, Extending the Runway , using parallels to piloting a plane to equate to the process of creating and building a small company, making maximum use of resources to get to and beyond breakeven. The five resources boards and investors can add to a company. It is worth revisiting the most.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The lesson here is a bit obscure, since it is not clear whether the kind of testing then common in processor design would have surfaced the error. At a cost of millions and a reputational hit, Intel recovered. The post They say “haste makes waste” but… first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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socalTECH

APRIL 2, 2020

Quid claims its model is "designed to provide individuals immediate cash resources while allowing their equity value to continue growing with the company." The company said it has been working with employees of such pre-IPO technology companies like Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, and Flexport.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Most entrepreneurs quote a resource for market size but fail to then take the next step to eliminate all parts of that market unreachable by the company or product. That’s likely to be completely unreachable for you with almost any amount of resources. Where did you get the data to drive your assumptions of market size or market share?

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Or concentrate our available resources on just plain money as an attraction? But how about listing the basics for designing an excellent incentive compensation program? Next, some form of rewards should be designed to be immediate. We’ve debated this one forever it seems. Some obvious qualifiers. First, be rule specific.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2013

Skeuomorphic design. FLAT design. As I’m fond of saying “ The Scarecest Resource at a Startup is Management Bandwidth ” so choose wisely. Or more granular … the entire model of a startup is prioritizing resource constraints. Disappearing photo messages. Native apps. Open graph. Twitter Amplify.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Steve Jobs, who was known to be in charge of each detail in design. It is fine as a secondary style used in tactical decision–making, when strategic issues are not the focus, and where threats to corporate health or resources are not evident. It is a very thin line between abdication of responsibility and participative leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Thus entrepreneurs were able to build prototypes and design new products without the traditional huge prototyping cost. I believe the Maker Movement and hardware startups with limited resources are made for each other. Low-cost design and fabrication tools are extremely valuable.

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Berkonomics

MAY 25, 2017

Assign our development manager to localize design and oversee the needed enhancements to our product and support materials for each new territory. This is a great way to unify departments that once may have competed for resources toward individual ends, now pointed toward a common goal supported by all levels of management up to the CEO.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 17, 2018

The purpose of the summit is to provide educational and networking resources for the IT leaders in Southern California. The IT Summit is designed to address the real-world opportunities and challenges faced by today's executives.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 25, 2019

For most small and medium-sized businesses, there are lots of wheels spinning around the core that take up the attention and resources of management but add little or no value to the core of the business. These are new times, enhanced by our global ability to find resources anywhere on earth to complement the core of our business.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 4, 2018

This community will be a place where an entrepreneur can find their next lead investor, a place where a designer can showcase their artistry and the developer can demonstrate their technical expertise; a place where anyone looking to get involved in their local tech community can find resources to further their vision.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Elon Musk with Tesla and SpaceX may be the most current example of this phenomenon, but others often mentioned include Richard Branson (Virgin Group), Joe Costello (Cadence Design), and Howard Schultz (Starbucks). Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Design is not just about making things look pretty.

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Marketing Design Entrepreneur Ideas 157

socalTECH

MARCH 14, 2019

West Hollywood-based Backstage Capital , a venture capital investor which focuses on minorities--including women, People of Color, and LGBT founders, said recently that it has launched the Backstage Accelerator , a three month, startup accelerator which will provide in-person resources and support to its portfolio of companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 28, 2019

This workshop is designed to prepare new investors with background information, strategies, tools, and resources to succeed in angel investing. This year will also include a segment focused on the TCA due diligence and funding process and TCA's new $2M+ Annual Fund. See [link] (more)

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The purpose of the summit is to provide educational and networking resources for the IT leaders in Southern California. The IT Summit is designed to address the real-world opportunities and challenges faced by today's executives.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Angel Southern California Conference 100

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2013

To help bring some focus to the area, a new group, Innovate Pasadena , said this morning that it has launched to promote Pasadenas a leading center for innovation for technology and design.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud. Google says the new region will join its other computing resource regions in Oregon, Iowa, South Carolina and Northern Virginia.

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Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2017

The structure combined the listing of the goal with a series of strategies and then tactics, each designed to support each other, each measurable and made public throughout the organization. Army late in World War II, and adopted by many high profile businesses such as Texas Instruments after the War. What is a strategy?

Organization 275

Organization Metrics Demand Resource 275

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 24, 2010

So you have an amazing idea and the back end of your site works flawlessly, but no one wants to use it because it looks like a 5 year old did your site design. For a lot of sites the design can make or break a the success of the website. We all know that most programmers are not the best designers. Elegant.ly Elegant.ly

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Design Startup Sites Web Development 58

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 30, 2020

That’s a one-off vehicle however, intended for the purpose of testing and working out the final design for the Starship, which is meant to be a fully reusable spacecraft, which in tandem with SpaceX’s forthcoming “Super Heavy” booster will be able to take large payloads to orbit — and ultimately to the Moon and Mars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2023

Innovators leverage existing skills and assets in new ways, new contexts, and new combinations, rather than assuming that new resources are needed for new opportunities. Strategic partnerships with other companies are a good way to extend the boundaries of your business and recombine resources.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

According to the Cornerstone OnDemand Foundation, its DisasterReady.org effort has partnered with the Mercy Corps and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to design and implement free, online learning resources and courses--in both English and Arabic--specifically there to help strengthen the knowledge of the many humanitarian volunteers and field (..)

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Cornerstone OnDemand Help Santa Monica Course 140

socalTECH

JULY 12, 2012

Planetary Resources, which has the backing of folks like James Cameron, Google's Larry Page, and Microsoft's Charles Simonyi, was co-founded by Diamandis. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2012

Even the smallest business can now reach throughout the globe to find resources for design, development, support and consultation. There are people and companies everywhere willing to work by the hour, providing great skill sets as needed, able to be shed when the job is complete.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 30, 2014

One of my books, Extending the Runway , uses parallels to piloting a plane to equate to the process of creating and building a small company, making maximum use of resources to get to and beyond breakeven. Use your board to help you to navigate through control over these five resources.

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Resource Product Help Entrepreneur 237

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Human resources outsourcing provider ADP is launching a new location in Pasadena, looking to tap into the wealth of technical talent with a new Innovation Center on Lake Avenue. ADP offers up payrolls services and other human resources outsourcing. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. Go find a new technical resource. Send across any graphic designs you currently have. So, just get down what you can in a form that works for you.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

The company said its app creation platform--which is free--is aimed at businesses and nonprofits who want to go mobile but lack the resources to invest in design and app creation. The new startup was co-founded by Ian Blair and Nathan Keating.

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