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.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based CapLinked , the developer of secure document sharing software led by Eric Jackson, said this morning that it has released a new set of Information Security (InfoSec) tools, aimed at helping companies to protect information they are sharing with external parties. Pricing on the new offering was not announced.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2019

First: Is the price paid for shares by previous investors excessive, creating a post-money valuation too high for the actual value of the company? Email readers, continue here…] Second, it is important in the first investment round to face the issues that may be required later by subsequent, more sophisticated, investors such as VC’s.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

You know that the buyer will be crawling the offices with legal and accounting personnel, reviewing contracts, financials, governance documentation, intellectual property, leases, and much more. Email readers, continue here.] How do you explain this if not by making a general announcement? Let’s back up to the headline. “A

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Berkonomics

JUNE 14, 2018

The rules for “pledging an invoice” as collateral for borrowing call for attaching signed shipping documents showing that the goods have been picked up by the carrier, at which point the title transfers to the customer and the invoice from the company is “good”. Adding facts to the case. Decision changes? Some hold their positions.

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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. Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. As the amounts recovered from the marginal sale increase, the conflict of interest problem becomes more acute.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2012

Is the price paid for shares by previous investors excessive, creating a post-money valuation too high for the actual value of the company? Email readers, continue here.] This is only a minor problem in that both forms can convert easily into ‘C’ corporations at low cost and little consequence.

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Venture Capital Invest Pricing Class 198

Berkonomics

MARCH 25, 2012

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. Email readers, continue here.]

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

When an employee is subsequently dismissed for any reason, the documentation of past performance and reviews, including any past notification of weaknesses or warnings, becomes an important shield to protect the company against a subsequent lawsuit or challenge from a state employee review process.

Metrics 120

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Berkonomics

MAY 31, 2011

Email readers, continue here.] The rules for “pledging an invoice” as collateral for borrowing call for attaching signed shipping documents showing that the goods have been picked up by the carrier, at which point the title transfers to the customer and the invoice from the company is “good”. Or is it? . Some hold their positions.

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Course Entrepreneur Customer Custom 240

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2019

Control costs and adjust prices to maintain your margin. Document processes and metrics for economies of scale. It’s time to really focus on social media, videos, and email. It’s amazing how fast copycat competitors can spring up, as you attempt to scale, and how fast customers will switch to new innovations and lower prices.

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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.

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Venture Capital Sales Invest Class 168

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

For example, I still find businesses asking you to print, sign, and return documents by mail in lieu of digital signatures or email. Too many businesses have their “cash cows,” which they refuse to touch with pricing or new features until it is too late to recover. In my mind, these are killing their businesses.

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Technical Review Customer Custom Startup 84

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. Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. As the amounts recovered from the marginal sale increase, the conflict of interest problem becomes more acute.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

Jackson assured te clients that storing secure data in the cloud for a complex business transaction has nothing in common with getting photocopies at Kinko’s which virtual data rooms are pricing it the same way. How CapLinked Changes The Game.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). I didn’t have first-hand experience in document management systems other than as a user and nobody had SaaS experience – the market was too new. I know this stuff cold now.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 6, 2012

When an employee is subsequently dismissed for any reason, the documentation of past performance and reviews, including any past notification of weaknesses or warnings, becomes an important shield to protect the company against a subsequent lawsuit or challenge from a state employee review process. Email readers, continue here.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

In simple terms, it is a document which describes all the what, when, where, and how of your business for you, your cohorts, and potential investors. Finally, hone the result into a professional document. I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. No problem.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2012

In simple terms, it is a document which describes all the what, when, where, and how of your business for you, your cohorts, and potential investors. Finally, hone the result into a professional document. I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. No problem.

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Sample Writing Summary Startup 96

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

How to protect against founder role changes over time: To protect against this, there must be some document in place from the beginning that clearly states the expectation of each founder as to contribution of time and resources to the enterprise. Pricing your options: The price per share for option grants is also an important consideration.

Equity 156

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

We review the old tried and true strategies from the days of Hotmail putting a tagline with a link at the bottom of every email to the more modern cases of Airbnb driving traffic through Craigslist, Zynga through Facebook and DropBox through incentivizing referral marketing behaviors. But I still believe Sean Ellis was right.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2010

In simple terms, it is a document which describes all the what, when, where, and how of your business for you, your cohorts, and potential investors. Finally, hone the result into a professional document. I’ll even send you a free sample of my own business plan via email, if you drop me a note. No problem.

Startup 91

Startup Funding Sample Writing 91

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Examples – The book is filled with text excerpted from actual funding documents, rather than the generic templates usually found in academic textbooks. Price – I am cheapskate. The hardcopy list price of $49.95 Don’t Email Carpet Bomb VCs. Things I Liked Less. No Often Means No. Don’t Ask For A Referral If You Get A No.

Venture Capital 205

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Cloud computing is a huge benefit for every company that deals with passing documents and orders between departments. Employees are notified via email, text message or other means when a task is available. Since the employees are on task at all times, hourly workers will surely give their employers a good price for their services.

Cloud Computing 40

Cloud Computing Organization Email Research 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price? They’ll find a way to get to the right price if they believe you’re high potential. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp?

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Pick an internal email system ( Gmail , Outlook ). Choose an email system to connect with customers ( Constant Contact , MailChimp , Sendgrid ). Set up a collaboration method for business documents, spreadsheets and presentations ( GoogleApps ). Determine a pricing system for your product(s). Recommended. Recommended.

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Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To protect against this, there must be some document in place from the beginning that clearly states the expectation of each founder as to contribution of time and resources to the enterprise. How about the price per share? The price per share for option grants is also an important consideration.

Equity 256

Equity Class Pricing Sales 256

Alon Schwartz

MARCH 25, 2012

Every game, productivity tool, utility, chat, email, etc. You can now do everything online, you can chat, check your email, create documents or spreadsheets, work on your photos, play tons of games and everything in between. But the main reason why everyone wanted Windows was software.

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Web 2.0 Google Doc Software 74

Jason Nazar

JANUARY 14, 2009

The Viral Loop / User Email. Follow up with compliments on their writing and get some emails going back and forth, and then pitch your product or service. Helpful Resources about for Getting Referral Traffic : Top Blogs List (with email contacts). BONUS: set up auto-emails that go out based on all the users’ actions.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. I offered a second time to fund and even increased price a little bit.

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Berkonomics

MAY 12, 2010

To protect against this, there must be some document in place from the beginning that clearly states the expectation of each founder as to contribution of time and resources to the enterprise. Email readers continue here.] a share, then options must be priced at that amount.

Equity 213

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Juno provided a free email service. Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet. Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client. Pricing information.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Historically you are your email address. Think about your local news anchor saying, “if you want to get in touch email me at xxxx.” Nearly every day now I see public figures telling people their Twitter identity in stead of Facebook, email or other forms of identity. Who are you on the web? ” Sure.

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