Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause.

Company 166

Company Companies Writing Education 166

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

These grants include funding to educational institutions, researchers, research centers, colleges and universities, or private companies that are researching or developing leading edge solutions in several categories including agriculture, education, energy, health, medical, space, science and technology to name a few.

Equity 156

Equity Writing Education Research 156

Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. Once again, there is a need to educate board members that in conflict of interest cases, the corporation comes first.

Class 282

Class Coach Invest Sales 282

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 15, 2012

The folks at Campus Explorer believe everyone deserves a fulfilling education, no matter the name or place. Their philosophy is that anyone shopping for college or continuing education can find the perfect fit, if they have access to the proper tools. Pinpoint, then Email. Email The Explorer Blog. BOTTOM LINE: Ask!

Mentor 164

Mentor Email RSS Education 164

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2010

I’ve always believed that you learn a great deal when you’re presenting, teaching or writing about what you know. Part of the reason I always found presenting to people so compelling is that it forced me to put into writing (a PowerPoint deck) what I thought I knew about a topic. It’s just my writing style.

Blogging 250

Blogging Social Media Writing Startup 250

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 13, 2011

With all these companies vying for attention & others just here to soak up the vibe I thought I’d write a much broader piece on how startups can make the most of their attendance at conferences & events. Write them in advance and request meetings. In the email write something that will remind them who you are.

Conference 289

Conference Startup Technical Review Writing 289

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. Don’t: tell us, “and now I enter my name, and then I put in my email address, and then I can pull in my social graph through Facebook Connect, and then then I can select the button here to Tweet out my actions on Twitter.&# Zzzzzzzzz.

Startup 362

Startup Twiistup Slides Screening 362

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded email marketer NetCreations, and also has been an angel investor in local startups. We stopped doing consumer facing content a year ago, and handed over writing of the Impact Section on Huffington Post to the team at AOL. Ryan Scott: We focus on a couple of things.

Causecast 222

Causecast Startup Content Education 222

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Your commitments to investors must be significant enough to compel them to write you a check. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Grant Exclusivity.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. There’s a community feel even to our education. And the ability to bring education to the world has been our intention from day one.”. Educating the next generation of media talent.

Education 76

Education Entertainment Class Manhattan Beach 76

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

In particular, Brad was impressed that, “Trada…educated people on how SEM works…and they were incredibly inclusive. We write blogs, we do music videos, we show up, we engage with people…we love our product. Write Your Own Playbook. We have never done a press release. Share and Enjoy.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. 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. Working at Juno.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This week in Startup Spotlight we found companies helping students get through their final exams, gift giving chatbots, getting out of email hell, and more. Tutors are available for k-12 and college in a variety of topics and specialty areas including: English, math, foreign language, writing, physics, even special education.

Email 70

Email Artificial Inteligence Startup Template 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

Back to regular writing this week so check back in. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. Richard’s email address is public but it is hard to manage all the inbound cold emails.

Capital 265

Capital Venture Capital Veoh Startup 265

InfoChachkie

JUNE 3, 2013

You can watch/listen to how John and Kyle turned their email newsletter into an international bestseller in the following 9-minute excerpt from John''s recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. Putting their expensive educations to good use, they aptly named their novelty product a "MouseDriver". an email) to about 35 people.

Newsletter 133

Newsletter Startup Entrepreneur Writing 133

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. Many MBAs took marketing courses but have never been on the front line of A/B testing, email campaigns or PR initiatives. I am a very big believer in education and especially higher education. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

They write into their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. Email readers continue here.] All other board functions are secondary.

Class 179

Class Coach Invest Sales 179

Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] But what about the pause to celebrate? Take with you the best wishes from those in your past and build upon the education you received with this effort. Write a book. Write a handwritten letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line. Then the money….

Writing 156

Writing Entrepreneur .Net Sales 156

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

Startup 191

Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. Big conferences in part are about education and entertainment. An entrepreneur wrote me randomly to my public email address and asked about attending and meeting me there. Conferences are education, entertainment and networking.

Web 150

Web Conference Technical Review Class 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2014

Here’s a simple historic lineage of the changing forms of correspondence over time: Writing Letters -> Telegraph (Morse Code) -> Typewriters -> PCs -> Word processors (spell check) -> Email -> SMS (word prediction and error correction) -> IM. Next came mobility: being able to correspond while on the go.

Writing 101

Writing Email Mobile Summary 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

Company 276

Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

As I write these words I already imagine my next deposition in which I’m asked to read this out loud. Even when I’m not the one being sued I find myself being dragged into deposition after deposition and my blog (along with all my emails) are being served as evidence. Lawsuits are becoming so prevalent these days.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

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. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Class 140

Class Course Email Social Network 140

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. We learn from our experience and education that growth comes from “top–grading” at all levels of the organization.

Report 120

Report Writing Startup Course 120

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] First there comes a sense of relief, knowing that you no longer need to worry over daily cash or threats to your net worth. Take with you the best wishes from those in your past, and build upon the education you received with this effort. Write a book; I did.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Writing .Net Sales 120

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. We learn from our experience and education that growth comes from “top–grading” at all levels of the organization.

Course 156

Course Writing Report Startup 156

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Save it to Pocket, bookmark it, email it to yourself or whatever other coping mechanism you have. I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. Email twice. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. I write my presentations the night before.

Startup 150

Startup Writing Class Orange County 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

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 Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Course 97

Course Writing Slides Email 97

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Many people will write the history on why Ring became an enormously successful company and why it became a real-world unicorn in a world when many startups are anointed that merely on paper. He launched a business called Unsubscribe, which helped consumers deal with the deluge of email lists that one gets signed up to and get rid of them all.

Startup 247

Startup Pricing Product Marketing 247

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

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 Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Class 93

Class Course Writing Slides 93

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

Even if one disagrees with the premise, why would anyone feel the need to attack Mike for writing it? I see emails from angel syndicates all the time for companies I hadn’t even given 2 seconds thought about investing and I get full info, pitch deck and info about the round size and timing. This is a hard one. Information leaks.

Angel 150

Angel Startup Seed Funding Invest 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I've watched businesses operate throughout my career, and saw that so many times business users struggle with relatively simple applications, where they can't get them build, can't get them to work, and where they have to kludge together an email system to route things to get things approved. Finally, what's next on your plate?

Startup 150

Startup San Diego Entrepreneur Tool 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2011

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 Writing Skills. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. Dress for Success.

Course 91

Course Writing Social Network Ideas 91

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

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. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Course 104

Course Email Social Network Ideas 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

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. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

Course 96

Course Email Social Network Ideas 96