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The Berkus Method: Valuing an Early-Stage Investment

Berkonomics

Now we tackle the more difficult and subjective task of placing a value upon those startups that don’t fit into that mold. For those of us who’ve invested in early-stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem. There is nothing wrong with changing the five tests to meet individual needs.

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Be Respected More Than Loved

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One of the vivid memories I have from being a startup CEO is the feeling that most people in your company have a look in their eyes that like they can do your job as well as you. But if you level up , raise capital and grow customers, revenue and staff – life changes. Startup life. How hard could it be? You set direction.

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My Favorite Entrepreneur Story in a Long Time

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I was never into spicy foods growing up but after living in the UK for nearly a decade and having so much great Indian food around me all of the time I developed more of a taste for it. Turns out it is a family-owned business started by a refugee from Vietnam and named after a small village in Thailand Si Racha.

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Risk, insanity, and the 50% startup rule!

Berkonomics

How to define “success” for a startup? After speaking with many entrepreneurs over the years, each defines success in his or her unique way. To others, it is simply a way to express a talent for art, cooking, consulting, management, development or more. Everyone has a vision when starting a business.

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

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You took the risk to start your company. ” Your peer group is envious of your finally doing what they’ve always wanted to do but found it too hard to give up the golden paycheck and predictable future. So as a startup CEO you constantly have to suspend disbelief. I do believe in total transparency with your core.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. “There’s something going on in LA.” LA By The Numbers.

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A Post Startup Execs Should Forward to Your Spouse or Partner. 12 Tips for Making it Work

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I recently wrote a post about how to manage relationships when you’re at a startup or are busy executive. I had images in my brain of all of the stresses I had placed on my wife in the heyday of my startups. A spouse’s hints for surviving an incredibly busy start-up person. Help encourage him not to.

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