February, 2023

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Sell at the top? Avoid the race to zero!

Berkonomics

When do you sell your company? Obviously, we all want to sell at the top. And there is the problem. How do you know when you are at or near that right point to sell for maximum value?

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8 Keys To Starting A Venture With Minimal Equity Loss

Startup Professionals Musings

If you really want to start a business your way without a boss or professional investor hovering over you, then just fund it yourself or through friends and family, and grow it organically. It’s more possible to bootstrap today than a few years ago, as the cost of entry continues to go down.

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Waymo to test driverless rides with employees in Los Angeles

TechCrunch LA

Waymo will begin testing its autonomous Jaguar I-Paces without a human safety operator in Los Angeles in the next couple of weeks. This is the company’s next step on its path to commercializing robotaxi services in its second California city.

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Connect with Tijuana/San Diego Startup Founders in the Upcoming 1st Mondays Event

Startup San Diego

The post Connect with Tijuana/San Diego Startup Founders in the Upcoming 1st Mondays Event appeared first on Startup San Diego. Startup News

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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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About personal use of corporate assets

Berkonomics

Here’s the IRS take on the issue: It is no secret that the IRS carefully looks below the surface for personal use of company assets (including cash) in its corporate income tax audits.

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You name the price; I’ll name the terms.

Berkonomics

I admit that my dad taught me this when I was just a fifteen–year old kid starting a business and negotiating with suppliers for the first time. But I learned it again and again in my various business lives. Here’s a striking example.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Even though the color of their money is always green, all startup investors are not the same. Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors.

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10 Common Startup Mistakes That Are Rarely Admitted

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality.

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7 Mindsets for Succeeding as an Aspiring Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business professional I know, or have met in my consulting role, has given serious thought to the alternative of switching to the entrepreneur lifestyle , pursuing a long-standing dream, and controlling their own destiny.

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9 Popular Startup Business Model Variations For Scale

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new business quickly realizes that revenue coming in every period on a committed basis is the Holy Grail to survival and growth. Based on traditional research, getting new customers is five to ten times harder than getting additional revenue from existing customers.

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Maintain Your Startup Motivation While Working Harder

Startup Professionals Musings

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). In my experience, both are always required in heavy doses.

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5 Roadblocks To An Excellent Culture In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business consultant, I see many different employee cultures, from exciting and motivational, to dysfunctional and non-productive. Company leaders, as well as front-line team members usually realize when they have a problem, but most have no idea what is possible or how to change the culture.

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8 Potential Entrepreneur Assists From Your Alma Mater

Startup Professionals Musings

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there.

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5 Challenges When Predicting Future Customer Behavior

Startup Professionals Musings

We are now solidly in the era of big data , where computers are capturing and processing the details of everything we do with all our interconnected devices in real time.

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10 Strategies Of Professionals Who Love What They Do

Startup Professionals Musings

As an experienced business professional and mentor, I find that most successful peers will admit that they love what they do. From all the rest, I often hear the complaints about lack of motivation, boring job assignments, and bad management.

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6 New Venture Ending Alternatives You May Contemplate

Startup Professionals Musings

The last thing a new entrepreneur wants to think about for a new startup is how it will end. Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy.

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5 Popular Freelance Opportunities In This Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

The era of stable lifetime jobs for business professionals within a single company are gone. Companies are rightsized quickly now as markets change rapidly, and business professionals are quick to jump to new opportunities for growth and survival, with no ties to special benefits or pension plans.

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Does Your Entrepreneur View Match Your Startup Stage?

Startup Professionals Musings

According to most definitions, an entrepreneur is one who envisions a new and different business, meaning one that is not a copy of an existing business model.

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7 Incentives For Testing Your Startup Marketing Early

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. The common reason given is that this prevents any competitor from stealing their idea and beating them to market.

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9 Strategies to Increase Team Collaboration Quality

Startup Professionals Musings

Every business I know has teams, some working collaboratively to great advantage, while others sadly operating as collections of individuals who work alone, often in competition with each other.

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5 Ways To Optimize Team Satisfaction In The Workplace

Startup Professionals Musings

With business teams now getting back together in the workplace after primarily working remotely during the pandemic , it’s an ideal time to implement change and make sure your team is feeling a renewed sense of satisfaction, high engagement, and maximum productivity.

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10 Lessons To Be Learned By Winning Teams Everywhere

Startup Professionals Musings

Did you ever wonder why some entrepreneurs always seem to have all the luck and success, while others never seem to catch a break?

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7 Tactics To Minimize Stress From Annoying Coworkers

Startup Professionals Musings

Throughout my career in business, I have rarely been on a team where every member was equally productive and never annoying.

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5 Key Growth Initiatives In This Inflationary Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

Most business professionals I know have been conditioned to think of inflation as highly negative, driving up their costs, and reducing customer buying.

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8 Red Flags To Evaluate Before Pledging To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology.

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Startup Incubator Alumni Success: WEALTHAWK

Startup San Diego

The post Startup Incubator Alumni Success: WEALTHAWK appeared first on Startup San Diego. Startup Spotlight

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A New Chapter for Startup San Diego’s Executive Director, Alexa-Rae Navarro

Startup San Diego

The post A New Chapter for Startup San Diego’s Executive Director, Alexa-Rae Navarro appeared first on Startup San Diego. Startup News

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Press Release: Startup San Diego Announces Incoming Executive Committee Tapping Leaders from Industry, Non-profit & Education

Startup San Diego

The post Press Release: Startup San Diego Announces Incoming Executive Committee Tapping Leaders from Industry, Non-profit & Education appeared first on Startup San Diego. Startup News

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