socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2017

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , which provides both a suite of Internet services and runs an extensive digital media and content publishing business, has made five more acquisitions, the company said today. The company said it completed five acquisition in the first quarter of 2017 across three of its business units.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2017

The impact of the hack over at HBO is getting worse, as hackers--demanding a multimillion dollar ransom-- has released the email addresses and phone numbers of the stars of Game Of Thrones, plus other personal data--saying they have much more data from HBO's corporate network.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Especially if you are in the early stage of growing a business, these five risks can and often do derail entrepreneurs before realizing the riches of a great exit. In the creation of your enterprise, there are five principal risks you’ll need to navigate. So, let’s examine them and mitigate them. Make you wealthy someday.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

While we are on the subject of great leadership, let’s list the five principal tactical skills of a great leader. Compare their leadership style with these five skills. Email readers, continue here…] Second: measure the results of delegation. Think of those leaders from your past or present whom you respect most.

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2019

The five strategies: Picking one to emphasize. There are five strategic positioning areas for you to consider. There are five niches you can chose when defining your positioning strategy: price, quality, service, innovation, and elegance. So, how do you position yourself to be a stand out? That’s our subject this week.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 21, 2016

Using old email lists for the first time is like eating really stale doughnuts. Email companies like Constant Contact, Mail Chimp and many others all have strict rules they follow to avoid being caught in spam hell, with their servers blacklisted and worse. Email marketing – special warnings regarding lists from BERKONOMICS.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2023

To protect against such an event, almost every professional investor includes a clause in the investment documents which allow the investor to “put” the stock back to the company after five years, requiring the company to pay back the investment plus dividends accrued during the term of the investment. The newest investor has the power.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Cohen goes on to point to twenty-five non-cash items that the CEO could have used to narrow and eliminate the gap, many of them untaxed perks worth more than face value because of the employee’s tax savings. Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

There was no question that each of the five vice presidents had been greatly responsible for our success and getting us to the successful exit. So, I wrote into the final distribution instructions a surprise five figure bonus for each of the five executives. Each was surprised, pleased and effusive. Consider the kinds of exits.

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Berkonomics

MAY 4, 2023

Consider this bit of recent history: In 1995, thirty-five million people used the Internet. Email readers, continue here…] By 2024, at least ninety percent of the global population will have regular Internet access. In 1980, it took twenty-five jobs to produce a million dollars in manufacturing output.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 11, 2024

Email readers, continue here…] Some board members find themselves debating whether there should be an expansion from five to seven, from seven to nine or more to allow for such a mixture of protective seats created by the investment documents and balance with outside board members. How about the size of the board?

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Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2023

A typical small to medium business finds five sweeping strategies for the current year, many cross-departmental, and some carried over from the previous year’s plan and even from years before that. Email readers, continue here…] Here are some example strategies from some of my companies over the recent years.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

In the creation of a new enterprise, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon comfort with each. Email readers, continue here.] Third: Management risk.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 22, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] How revealing! Practice your listening skills with one or more attempts at the five “why’s” and see if you find insights into answers to problems that might not have been obvious without your queries. Why?” “We’ve never thought this to be an important part of our marketing effort.” “Why?”

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 4, 2022

Remember the five “W’s?”. In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Who, what, when, where and why are the five, with sometimes a “how” thrown in for those followers of the macabre. Which of the five is most important for you?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

If you're an application developer, sending emails through your application can be a chore. It turns out it's not just a quick line of code to send an email -- it's also a hassle to make sure that those emails get delivered, that your email isn't classified as spam, and handling all sorts of delivery issues.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 11, 2024

A five-year lease may be cheaper per month than a three-year lease and may provide for more free rent and tenant improvements. Although payroll is almost always the greatest cost, companies have flexibility as to how to handle both rapid growth and rapid decline in the personnel arena. Rapid growth? Home workers? Business contraction?

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2024

For your senior management or board, this could be time-consuming. [ Email readers, continue here…] Gathering facts may take time but certainly be worth the effort to make the case and reinforce the sense of urgency. Realistic human images.” ” The post No surprises! Good advice for all of us.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Email readers, continue here.] Third is flexibility. Bill Fisher can be found on LinkedIn at [link] or email at bfisher@quicksilver.com. .” Just visited Disney this week, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. That’s a big win.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Email readers, continue here…] Third is flexibility. .” Recently visited one Fortune 500 company, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. That’s a big win. Huge mistake.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2015

There are five basic kinds of internal risks than a business faces over time. Email readers, continue here…] Second is product risk. If you could predict a crisis within your business before its occurrence, wouldn’t you move to prevent or reduce its impact?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Email readers, continue here…] Professional investors love to see companies where the first round of financing came from the entrepreneur, showing “skin in the game” and more motivation to succeed because of money invested as well as time and creativity. Entrepreneurs have a vision for what and how to create and build a great business.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 29, 2023

As a professional investor in early-stage companies, I have long discounted long, detailed business plans in favor of a concise “executive summary” followed by a believable spreadsheet-based financial forecast projecting three to five years into the future. Yes, everything does change between drafting that plan and its successful execution.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

A personal story as an investor … [Email readers, continue here…] My very first investment as a professional angel was in a small startup where the entrepreneur’s vision fueled my imagination in the audio market niche where I had run a business in an earlier life.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Below are five common questions an entrepreneur will encounter when seeking venture funding. However, depending on the industry, venture investments can average five to ten years before an exit occurs. From a venture capitalist’s point of view, there are no “trick” questions. Image courtesy of The Lolbrary. Share and Enjoy.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 9, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] He felt he needed someone to compensate for this. It turned out that he really only needed a good bookkeeper and CPA. This partnership did not work well since the partner did not have much else to offer. How well do you really know yourself?

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Berkonomics

MAY 18, 2017

A typical small to medium, business finds five sweeping strategies for the current year, many cross-departmental, and some carried over from the previous year’s plan and even from years before that. Penetrate the Fortune 500 with at least five active accounts within two years. Yet each is measurable if achieved.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Cohen goes on to point to twenty five non-cash items that the CEO could have used to narrow and eliminate the gap, many of them untaxed perks worth more than face value because of the employee’s tax savings. Email readers, continue here…] One of the items on Cohen’s list of twenty-five was stock options.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2022

According to conference organizers, in an email to ticket holders, the summit has been postponed for at least five weeks, to March 1st and 2nd, rather than its original event dates of January 26th and 27th. The invite-only event had been scheduled to be held at the Banc of California Stadium in Expo Park.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 1, 2022

And the surprising answer from the arborist was “I’d say, about two to five years before it dies.”. … Email readers, continue here…] That incidental afterthought of a question clarified the decision, and certainly saved money and later unhappiness. and the moral is….

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

Teaching about the five types of resources In my book, “Extending the Runway” (Second Edition, Berkus Press 2014), I explore the thesis that there are five basic types of resources an entrepreneur must exploit in growing a successful business: time, money, process, relationships and context. Speed of change is inevitable.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 22, 2017

In 1995, thirty-five million people used the Internet. an estimated five million jobs will be lost to tech innovations in the next five years, with two million new jobs created in these fields alone. In 1980, it took twenty-five jobs to produce a million dollars in manufacturing output. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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Berkonomics

JUNE 30, 2022

To be fair, he followed a bit later with a goal of thirty million dollars in revenue within five years, which got my attention. Email readers, continue here…] You will have sold the dream – one that is tangible and actionable. The first statement was a mantra, a vision, a rallying cry. So, which one is actionable?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2021

And in all cases, simply sending in an executive summary of the business plan via email or filling in an application for funding on a website lowers the chance of success to near nil. Together we fund, maybe, twenty-five of these. Differentiating yourself from others.

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Xconomy

MARCH 13, 2020

Developed under guidance that the FDA published roughly two weeks ago amid the severe shortage of tests for the viral illness, COVID-19, UCSD Health developed and validated an in-house test in nine days, , according to an emailed statement distributed late Friday. So far, however, capacity has been limited: It can.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Provide no more than five key performance indicators derived from the strategic plan and fitted to the specific job of the manager. These outstanding achievers worked for salaries below those of their engineering peers and had to put it all on the line every day to earn their keep, let alone excel. Set time-based goals for each.

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Berkonomics

JULY 13, 2023

Five tactics to support each strategy seem a fair, even if arbitrary number. Example tactics for one strategy: [Email readers, continue here…] Strategy Three: Expand into at least three new continents through new distribution channels. How many tactics can you support at once?

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