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Berkonomics
JANUARY 28, 2021
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up pre-money valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. Why fight about valuation, or disappoint the founder at the outset?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010
I recently got an email from a friend who had been approached by a well known VC. He sent me an email asking whether the approach was real and whether he should take it seriously. Here is the email he received (reprinted without names with his permission). “Hi [entrepreneur], I hope all is well.
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InfoChachkie
JUNE 4, 2012
As an entrepreneur, I helped create companies which achieved two IPOs and two trade sales totaling $385 million. I promise I will never Tweet about celebrities, reality TV or that killer burrito I just ate. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”. Grant Exclusivity. Share and Enjoy.
Berkonomics
JULY 10, 2014
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up premoney valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. Why fight about valuation, or disappoint the founder at the outset?
InfoChachkie
MAY 5, 2016
Given TimeHop’s failed experiment, I was especially intrigued when I learned that a team of a dozen remote entrepreneurs hack the typical corporate structure and creates a company that generated nearly $100 million in revenue. We have separate channels for work but we also talk about fun things just like any office watercooler.
socalTECH
AUGUST 7, 2014
We spoke with Bryce Maddock , founder of TaskUs, about the company and how it has been providing the manpower behind a lot of LA''s technology startups. Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. The two of us really wanted to be entrepreneurs. So, what is TaskUs?
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 5, 2010
You attend five customer meetings together over a two-week period and after each meeting you replay the results in the office about what it meant. With all the recent obsessions about “pivots&# most people don’t realize that the more powerful pivots are the unnoticeable ones we make every day through these exchanges.
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