Berkonomics

JUNE 23, 2022

So, you identify the three most critical issues, perhaps with the help of the group. Define success : Think of what an ideal outcome would look like and find metrics to measure progress along the route. Email readers, continue here…] . Here comes the important part. Here are the steps to do it successfully.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do they generate emails or other external notifications?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. What are your key Startup Metrics ? Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Do they generate emails or other external notifications?

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TikTok is struggling to make a dent in the world of US and European ecommerce , and has now enlisted the help of a number of startups to try and reverse that trend and bring the Live Shopping craze sweeping Asia to other markets. Please fill in your email. By some metrics, certainly not. Please fill in your name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2021

For example, I commonly see metrics to keep track of revenue per employee, overtime, and absenteeism, but I don’t often see measures of overall customer satisfaction with individual employees. Incentives should be a combination of metrics and recognition to highlight results. Incent and reward employees who delight customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

To prove that point, tonight I had the privilege of hearing him speak at Lean LA , a Los Angeles group that helps high tech start-ups build great companies on a budget. He told us how important it is to empower our team to make decisions that will help achieve company goals. Noah has what I believe he called “Thank You metrics”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2022

As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

So, I’ve developed the three-step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. Email readers, continue here…] Making the effort to gather metrics from the field in any form and then ignoring it, takes guts and determination – and in most cases a measure of stupidity.

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Berkonomics

JULY 15, 2021

This happens predictably, either voluntarily in the case of the founder deciding that s/he needs help at or near the top, or involuntarily when investors insist upon the addition of professional leadership. Email readers, continue here…] I’ve seen this happen so many times, it is almost a rule for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. In addition to helping manage the board Chris also helps represent the interests of the angel investors / common stock holders. Email updates frequently.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Milana Rabkin , co-founder of Stem , a new startup which is developing a financial application which helps musicians and other content creators automate payments to members of their creative team. We have them add their name, email address, and input the percent amount.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 1, 2018

I have repeated it often to boards deliberating action, to individual board members seeking to get their hands dirty inside the corporation by giving advice and helping at levels beneath the CEO, and to senior executives or managers as well. It made an impact and stuck with me through the years. Sound overstated? I thought so.

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Berkonomics

JULY 1, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] I was an early board member of a company that subsequently raised over $30 million in venture money following the angel rounds which I led, which themselves amounted to $6 million. A week after the board meeting, the CFO emailed the board that the company was only weeks from having no cash in the bank.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. I’m sure that some VCs and others do love online viewers when they read a deck.

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Berkonomics

MAY 20, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] One way to fall into the time bankruptcy trap is to release a product too early and pay the price by forcing the architect and most skilled developers to drop off their important tasks to put out fires in the field and fix problems one at a time. An easy way to fall into time bankruptcy.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 14, 2016

As a leader, you set the goals, establish the strategies and tactics to get there (with help from others of course) and sell the dream to all of your stakeholders. push for achievement – hopefully establishing a realistic set of strategies and accurate metrics to measure progress along a timeline. But not often.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 7, 2016

So you identify the three most critical issues, perhaps with the help of the group. Define success : Think of what an ideal outcome would look like and find metrics to measure progress along the route. After a short moment, you’d turn into action mode, perhaps calling in senior staff for a brainstorming session.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Many of the factors are not obvious and include building mystery to drive margin, why boring B2B companies often win but are challenging in other ways, how bootstrapping wins, integrating metrics from the start and many other similar lessons. He ends by looking at how this might help startups in the room.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

In a funding round with 1 or 2 VCs and 15-20 angels or 4-6 seed funds if you gave every investor you financial information and performance metrics your proprietary information would increase in its probability of leaking out. There is a reason for this.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals. He told me to stop responded to RFPs where I wasn’t the person who helped write the specs for the RFPs. He told me, “if you didn’t help shape the RFP somebody else did and you’ve already lost.” How should I best prepare for that?”

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, we investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. Email readers, continue here.] And the numbers were staggering. Microsoft paid $9.00 per registered user for Hotmail.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 16, 2010

Many early stage CEO’s believe they can delegate design and creation of metrics, flash reports, analytical reports and more to their bookkeepers. Email readers continue here.] To expect a bookkeeper to provide analytical planning is to ask for something they often cannot provide, except in a cursory way. Why the discussion?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

So, I’ve developed the three step dance in order to help form a repeatable method of how to create a great company from an early idea. Email readers, continue here.] The second step: Take feedback seriously. It’s probably happened, but not often enough to trust this method as a formula for success. And most of us are not Steve Jobs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2022

Here is my list of some key recommendations to help you get your fair share of business: Customize and personalize every communication you can. Generalized email blasts and social media ads may be great for finding interest in your services, but these are not enough to close and maintain new clients.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Email readers, continue here…] I was an early angel board member of a company that subsequently raised over $30 million in venture money following the angel rounds, which themselves amounted to $6 million. A week after the board meeting, the CFO emailed the board that the company was only weeks from having no cash in the bank.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 12, 2021

If marketing is not your thing, then you need to find a partner or outside expert to help you. Cold calls to strangers and email blasts are not so productive. Build a marketing plan with deliverables and metrics. Getting customer attention often takes more innovation today than solving the tough technical problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2020

They then ask me to help them find investors who can provide the funding they need. In the first five years, these objectives should normally include when you intend to first become profitable, a scaling strategy and target, some short- and long-term milestones, and the key performance metrics you will use to steer and manage the business.

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socalTECH

MAY 17, 2019

For today's interview, we sat down and spoke with David Loo , the founder and CEO of Perspectium (www.perspectium.com), a startup which is developing service management applications designed to help connect different, enterprise service management software products together. What specific problem were you seeing?

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2017

Andrew Bermudez , co-founder and CEO of Irvine-based Digsy (www.getdigsy.com) wasn't looking to build software to help commercial real estate brokers close more deals. However, he quickly discovered the deal data the company was collecting was not just data--but a guide to the best practices on helping brokers close more deals, quickly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 1, 2021

For example, in a conflict over the right branding logo , it may help to understand who and how the ultimate decision will be made, including key elements driving the decision, such as targeted customers and competition. Discussing tough issues in person is always better than sending text messages or emails.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 8, 2015

This happens predictably, either voluntarily in the case of the founder deciding that s/he needs help at or near the top, or involuntarily when investors insist upon the addition of professional leadership. Available at berkus.com and bookseller sites. scale the company to grow quickly.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2017

We help the small independent rental yards. Instead of having to integrate with a system that doesn't exist, they get a text or email, or a phone call, to ask if they have equipment around and if they'd like to accept or not accept, and let us negotiate it, which makes it simpler for them. Scott Cannon: It's because we drive revenue.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 24, 2011

To help it along, we developed some software which makes it easy to create a mobile experience, which corresponds to a QR code you can place on any, real world object. We recently completed a pilot with William Morris and Disney, around Hannah Montana, where we helped print QR codes for 10,000 CD stickers, 2500 posters, and digital signage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

What you Before Sets the Course for How Well the Day Goes Make sure you send your financial and operating metrics no less than 72 hours before the board meeting — even better if it can be a week in advance. It’s helpful. Many of these people can be helpful. So here’s a short guide to achieving that. It’s disarming.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] That means watching quality control efforts more carefully, developing metrics to track incomplete processes and track remaining time committed to completion, watching the number of customers exposed to a new product or service before general release, and more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

As an entrepreneur, what steps can you take to help your business not only survive the data hurricane, but to thrive under these new and challenging conditions? Data enable: use metrics and measurements. Extend data metrics into non-traditional channels, such as email, internal social media, and customer collaboration platforms.

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