TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Utilizing AI, the tool interprets the queries, scans through a broad range of documents spread across different repositories, and delivers relevant answers. Utilizing AI, the tool interprets the queries, scans through a broad range of documents spread across different repositories, and delivers relevant answers.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Tool Knowledge Base 346

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Investors sometimes join into investment rounds that have been pre-negotiated by others, receiving the paperwork already created by attorneys from that negotiation. Changing the deal that late in the game is nearly impossible, after other investors have already completed their documents and the deal supposedly put to bed.

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Email Entrepreneur Invest Help 166

Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2019

Sooner or later you may need to seek venture capital and accommodate the needs of the venture community in negotiating the terms of an investment. First, VC’s in general cannot invest in ‘S’ corporations or limited liability companies (LLC’s). What VC’s can and cannot do. How did you structure your first round? .

Invest 120

Invest Venture Capital Pricing Class 120

Berkonomics

AUGUST 5, 2021

Investment documents usually call for quarterly reporting by the company to the investors. Less than a quarter of companies receiving early-stage investment voluntarily fulfill this promise. Usually, one or more of the investors is placed on the board as a requirement of the investment documentation.

Invest 156

Invest Study Email Activity 156

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was chairman of a company that had been offered an investment by a Fortune 500 company offering to make a strategic investment in our business, which would be capable of driving new demand to the large company through a series of new web services creating a greater need for the large company’s products.

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Invest Conference Training 120

Berkonomics

MARCH 25, 2012

For those of us who’ve invested in early stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem. There are many ways to project the value of a company for purposes of pricing an investment, but all rely upon the revenue and profit projections of the entrepreneur as a starting point.

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Invest Startup Email Competition 321

Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you seek funds from an organized investment group such as an angel fund, venture capital entity, or even an investment club, the first thing you want to do is to find one person to buy into your vision, become excited by your enthusiasm and be willing to become the internal champion for your fund-raising effort.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Summary Email 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Having read his latest op-ed on email I know why I erred towards the side of of not loving his book as much as some did. Apparently he’s an “organizational psychologist professor and thinks that it’s rude not to answer email. I also surmise that perhaps organizational psychologists don’t get as much unsolicited emails as some of us do.

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Email Writing Conference Mobile 250

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. Register Internet and social media startup names.

Platform 94

Platform Equity Invest Technical Advisors 94

Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

To protect against such an event, almost every professional investor includes a clause in the investment documents which allow the investor to “put” the stock back to the company after five years, requiring the company to pay back the investment plus dividends accrued during the term of the investment.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Sales Invest Class 243

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2021

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. 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. If a lawsuit is inevitable, better sooner than later.

Patents 145

Patents Legalzoom Invest Startup 145

Berkonomics

APRIL 12, 2018

Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. Recognize the realities of the times; and do all possible to protect the company by documenting behavioral or skill related problems to the employee file.

Entrepreneur 226

Entrepreneur Class Resource Email 226

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.”

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

Berkonomics

JULY 19, 2010

The investor organization is granted the seat as long as the investment remains, and the documents often name the first representative assigned by the investor group to the position. Email readers continue here.] In subsequent insights, we will explore the legal and ethical responsibilities of board members.

Pricing 120

Pricing Invest Startup Sales 120

Berkonomics

JANUARY 18, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] I was chairman of a company that had been offered an investment by a Fortune 500 company offering to make a strategic investment in our business, which would be capable of driving new demand to the large company through a series of new web services creating a greater need for the large company’s products.

Outsource Development 243

Outsource Development Invest Conference Training 243

Berkonomics

JULY 23, 2020

Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists, or angels, have put in substantial money and the sales price is less than the value of their investment. Dig into investment agreements for those expensive clauses. There are some questions a distressed sale brings to mind. Conflicts of interest with preferred investors.

Company 156

Company Companies Sales Venture Capital 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. Because I invest in “ lines, not dots ” it’s actually the delta that I’m investing in.

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Sometimes a secondary fund-raising effort leads to a lower valuation than the last. And it is that disconnected employee, usually one or more of the better performers, that starts looking for a job when times look bad for a company. Investor loyalty is most tenuous of all.

Layoffs 240

Layoffs Class News Email 240

Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Generative thinkers are relentless in asking questions that get to the core of an idea, often making the originator think more deeply about the effects over a longer period of time. The punch line: Investing in the creation of a governance board is not enough. These are generative thinking questions.

Company 156

Company Companies Ideas Competition 156

Berkonomics

JUNE 19, 2014

If you seek funds from an organized investment group such as an angel fund, venture capital entity, or even an investment club, the first thing you want to do is to find one person to buy into your vision, become excited by your enthusiasm and be willing to become the internal champion for your fund-raising effort.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Tech Coast Angels Summary Email 207

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Several times in my investing life, as the final board member making the arrangements to dispose of remaining assets, I have literally been the one to turn out the lights, carry out the documents, books and records to my car, and become the only remaining contact between the failed business and the investors, bankruptcy court, or creditors.

Entrepreneur 156

Entrepreneur Training Invest Email 156

Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEO’s usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to us investors after the initial investment is received. Email readers, continue here…] Prepare for your annual meetings well. Requirements created by investment documents. But don’t worry.

Class 120

Class Course Report Competition 120

Berkonomics

JANUARY 29, 2015

Investment documents usually call for quarterly reporting by the company to the investors. Less than a quarter of companies receiving early stage investment voluntarily fulfill this promise. Usually, one or more of the investors is placed on the board as a requirement of the investment documentation.

Invest 120

Invest Study Email Activity 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). We led an investment round in a company a while ago in which we wrote a seven-figure check and have taken a board seat.

Venture Capital 352

Venture Capital Seed Funding Email Blogging 352

Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

Investors learn too, and often invest in a failed entrepreneur a second time if believing that those lessons have been well learned, Success can teach lessons too. Email readers, continue here…] Questions you should ask include: “What were the major factors contributing to the failure?” “How Yes, it works both ways.

Startup 156

Startup Entrepreneur Venture Capital Course 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. In school, you're taught to stretch weak ideas to reach your document page limit. Business Dress for Success.

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Class Course Email Social Network 140

Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Recently, insurance companies have added employee practice liability insurance (EPLI) to the package to address specifically the recently-increasing risk of employees suing for redress. So, add another $3 to $4 thousand to the policy cost.

Resource 243

Resource Email Services Entrepreneur 243

Berkonomics

JANUARY 11, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Generative thinkers are relentless in asking questions that get to the core of an idea, often making the originator think more deeply about the effects over a longer period of time. The punch line: Investing in the creation of a governance board is not enough. Generative.

Company 243

Company Companies Ideas Competition 243

Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2012

Sooner or later these businesses will have to seek venture capital and accommodate the needs of the venture community in negotiating the terms of an investment. First, VC’s in general cannot invest in ‘S’ corporations or limited liability companies (LLC’s). Email readers, continue here.]

Venture Capital 198

Venture Capital Invest Pricing Class 198

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

I get these frequently via Twitter, Facebook or email. I provided my email address and he sent me a 688 word email (e.g. I felt I had committed so I read and responded to the email. SHORT : Whether you know the person or not – if you’re asking for help, a favor or an intro – keep your email VERY short.

Help 332

Help Email Mentor Blogging 332

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

They want Netflix to address a list of demands in the categories of content investment, employee relations and safety, and harm reduction. But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.”

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Netflix Demand Content Hollywood 300

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

If you’ve done a good job in the sales process you’ve already written out a needs document in which your wrote out what you believe the customer problems are with specific examples. It’s true that some solutions are really hard to quantify and the most obvious example people point to is email. Maybe they don’t?

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Sales Customer Custom Examples 328

Berkonomics

AUGUST 29, 2013

Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists, or angels, have put in substantial money and the sales price is less than the value of their investment. This late money is at much higher risk to the VCs than even the early stage investments that were optimistically made by angels or friends and family.

Sales 166

Sales Venture Capital Invest Guide 166

Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2010

To protect against such an event, almost every professional investor includes a clause in the investment documents which allow the investor to “put” the stock back to the company after five years, requiring the company to pay back the investment plus dividends accrued during the term of the investment.

Venture Capital 168

Venture Capital Sales Invest Class 168

Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2012

There is a natural fear of giving too much information to investors after the initial investment is received. Email readers, continue here.] That burden is an ongoing cost of taking the investment, much as a public company takes on the additional burden of governmental reporting, both adding to costs over time.

Class 202

Class Report Competition .Net 202

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. 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. If a lawsuit is inevitable, better sooner than later.

Startup 94

Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 94