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Accelerators: a recent and positive trend

Berkonomics

Often I see executive summaries from entrepreneurs who have never managed any form of business, or even managed employees in their past life, and who don’t know the first thing about business formation and managing for growth. I used to tell them to find a partner with knowledge in business creation and management.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

Both Sides of the Table

Dave is terrible with email. He’s so bad that his email auto-responder tells you he likely won’t email you back. Many through history became entrepreneurs precisely because they were unemployable. He doesn’t email you. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class.

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Is it the jockey or the horse?

Berkonomics

Do they bet on the entrepreneur (jockey) or the business idea and plan (the horse)? My answer always varies as I examine each deal, sometimes deferring and passing on an investment because of an uneasy feeling about the entrepreneur, even if the business plan seems able to capture the market. Email readers, continue here.]

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. But wait, does that make Launchpad LA an incubator now? There are at least 6 incubators now being set up in LA. For the past 2.5

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Fail fast!

Berkonomics

And if the vision of the entrepreneur is flawed, or the product impossible to create within cost and time expectations, or the demand impossible to quantify, or revenues never close to plan, then it is time to rethink the plan and product. Email readers, continue here.]

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Do you agree with “Fail fast?”

Berkonomics

Email readers, continue here…] But if neither great management nor your vision for the product shows real signs of success in the market, then it may surely be time to listen to the investors and perhaps the board. He volunteered to close the incubator, and he returned 96% of our investments to all of us angel investors.

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Doctours offers packaged medical tourism for U.S. customers

TechCrunch LA

Founded by serial travel entrepreneur Katelyn O’Shaughnessy, whose last company TripScope was acquired by Travefy, Doctours aims to connect patients with doctors to receive access to quality, affordable healthcare around the world. O’Shaughnessy wrote in an email. surgery, weight loss surgery, dental work and Lasik. .

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