May, 2025

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Last Fridays Lunch & Learn – Recap, Video, and Photos – April 2025

Startup San Diego

We had an incredible time at our Last Fridays Co-Working Day and Lunch & Learn at Downtown Works Mission Valley. Marketing expert Kendra Pennington, who has been helping businesses find […] The post Last Fridays Lunch & Learn – Recap, Video, and Photos – April 2025 appeared first on Startup San Diego.

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Overwhelmed with email and paper?   

Berkonomics

We all experience it to our own detriment. So, lets make a pact that we will try, if not succeed, to handle our incoming messages more efficiently. Personal time management helps immensely to make a better manager of you and me. All of us have time management tips and tricks to help us get through the day. I have a mantra I try to live by, and it has helped me more than you know over the years.

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Can you stop a talented employee from leaving for a new career?

Berkonomics

Wed all like to retain our best managers and employees forever or at least for as long as possible. But sometimes our corporate wants and needs conflict with what is best for an employee and their career development. We cannot legally stand in the way of an employee resigning to pursue a dream, but we can leave a bad taste with that person and chip away at our corporate culture by not cooperating or even helping the employee move on.

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You are your company’s moral compass!

Berkonomics

Heres yet another story that you may identify with or have yet to experience in your business life. Its one of those that define your leadership for all to see, sometimes based upon decisions made in the moment such as this one. A story of a CEOs snap judgement call Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fello

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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STOP and celebrate each victory!

Berkonomics

Here comes another story. Of course. This one may be like one or more you have experienced in your company. It is a story about focus upon the customer, first. And about reinforcing the culture of the company in support of that important focus by senior management, and by all employees who see that leadership in action Some examples of celebration you can use Growing companies give rise to many events that great managers will take advantage of to create and shape the culture of the company itsel

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Here’s a simple corporate directive:     

Berkonomics

Consider these three letters as something to teach your management team and internalize yourself. Here they are: A. Accumulate or acquire (product line, breadth of services) M. Marketing or merchandising (expert and diligent use of resources) D. Distribution (adding channels and reinforcing relationships) First, let me credit one of my CEOs of a company where I was chairman, Erik Hovanec for this one, whether he originated it or recast it from his past.

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Meet the Eight Exhibitors at 1st Mondays – Featuring Startup Unicorns, HeathTech, EdTech, CoWorking, and Design Firms!

Startup San Diego

Joining us for 1st Mondays are eight rockstar startups and businesses changing the way people sell their business, and approach productivity, health, education, and design. Meet them on June 2nd […] The post Meet the Eight Exhibitors at 1st Mondays – Featuring Startup Unicorns, HeathTech, EdTech, CoWorking, and Design Firms! appeared first on Startup San Diego.

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