TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The roughly 300,000 marchers that filled the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the third annual Women’s March received more than just an opportunity to hear from some of the state’s high powered politicians, they were also part of a new experiment from local March organizers in bringing technology into the movement.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

And then there are options: [Email readers, continue here…] Stock options or phantom stock are the tools of early stage businesses used to attract great talent when there is not enough cash to pay market rates. Let me try to advance a few rules of thumb to help guide you here. How about the price per share?

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Let’s talk about the reality of taking money from professional investors. Email readers, continue here…] Almost always, professional investors, including angel groups and venture capitalists, also require at least one seat on the corporate board. It is not the first time we’ve covered this general subject nor the last.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. I zone out and think about how things could be different. Do you find yourself too much in email mode? And What About the Opposite?

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Tech.Co

MAY 16, 2024

In spite of these roadblocks, there are a growing number of Black-owned business grants available, designed to help close the gap and make the business landscape more diverse. Here are seven funding opportunities you should know more about if you’re serious about financially safeguarding and scaling your venture.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

So this issue becomes one to be dealt with by every manager at every level of the organization. Email readers, continue here.] It also means being careful that you, as a senior manager, do not become overloaded to the extent that you are unavailable or inefficient in helping those who need your attention to complete their tasks.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

And yet, as I recall the greatest thrills, the memorable events, the best of memories, almost none are about the money. You’ll quickly be drawn into the governance of the organization and introduced into the process of discovery, coaching, leading deals, herding investors, serving on boards and helping entrepreneurs toward liquidity events.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I never really expected a big audience or ever thought about it. I often get the question from people, “I’d like to blog, but I don’t really know what to talk about?&# My suggestion is to blog about your industry.

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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. And getting help in challenging subjects always makes it a bit easier to push through. Who doesn’t have email problems? Get control of your email now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. Don’t think about the exit. Do it yourself. Don’t plan for failure.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 15, 2021

Days before the official start date, she made sure that the new employee’s business cards arrived in the mail, that the employee’s phone and Internet services were up and running, and that an email account was already established. Email readers, continue here…] It started me thinking. Special considerations for salespeople.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Turn Your Organization Inside Out. As organizations we have become more open and I believe this is great for businesses and their customers. In the first 4 years of running BuildOnline we were an “Outside In&# organization. The Outside In organization had a one-way flow. But they went one step further.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

The title of this insight happens to be the name of a CEO roundtable organization I belong to and have been a member since 1989 (Adaptive Business Leader Organization – or ABL). At these roundtables, members not only discuss their business issues, but significant business-changing trends facing their industry.

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Tech.Co

AUGUST 16, 2017

Here are some of our top recommendations to get you started: Email Finder Tool – Voila Norbert. The result will appear in a panel below the search fields, indicating if it’s a 100 percent confirmed email address. It will create a personalized email campaign based on your answers to simple questions. Pricing: $9/user/month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are other social networks in the list of 300 “major sites” recognized by Wikipedia that entrepreneurs use for networking, depending on where you are in the world, like Viadeo, Ryze, and Sina Weibo, but talking to friends on Facebook probably won’t help you. Join and actively participate in local business organizations.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s a question to help you decide if you’re guilty. I’ve worked with organizations that are so large that extensive paperwork is required to obtain approvals to accept customer orders, make any purchases of any size, or any commitment of resources. How about those who just assume power in a vacuum?

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 10, 2020

Organizers of the 2020 New York International Auto Show have postponed the event until August due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak. The New York Auto Show, which is organized by the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, was scheduled to begin April 10 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

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Tech.Co

MAY 9, 2024

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

We’ve worried together about the moral obligation implicit in taking such investments from people so close, even with their promise never to expect a return. And we’ve spoken openly about your fear that you must succeed and perhaps even cover any losses – even without a formal promise or requirement to do so. Accelerators.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

And yet, such relationships properly used and never overused, can quickly and precisely help a CEO cut through delays in government agencies, speed the process of product planning and ultimate release, aid in positioning in the market and help the CEO avoid a myriad of mistakes that could prove costly in time and money.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Especially if they have sold their companies and live comfortably upon the proceeds, these people are often the most willing to help and the most patient through the process. Some larger communities have organizations of corporate directors, composed of a combination of service providers and professional corporate directors.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2019

David Wood: We make event planning software for social organizations. It's all about a social organization, like a Boy Scout group, a Girl Scout group, a religious organization like a church, K-12 such as when they do field outings, but also holiday parties and company meetings, sales force organizations.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. It has made some 15 acquisitions in the last two years, including Boston Organics and EJ Food Distributor this year.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 29, 2021

Especially for social media-based businesses, we all need to recalibrate our thinking about who is the teacher and who is the student. Email readers, continue here…] I recall vividly one such “adult” experience. I helped to found an Internet game company, playing the role of founding investor, chairman and even temporary CFO.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future? Listening to young people talk about social networking as a new phenomenon is a bit like hearing people talk about a remake of a famous song from my youth as though it was the original version. At it’s peak AOL had about 27 million US subscribers.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Let’s talk about the reality of taking money from professional investors. The investor organization is granted the seat as long as the investment remains, and the documents often name the first representative assigned by the investor group to the position. It is not the first time we’ve covered this general subject nor the last.

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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 sat down with Kati Morton (who does YouTube videos on mental health) to talk about ADD. Luckily I don’t have hyperactivity but that makes me less able to talk about that. Email twice. Misnomers about ADD.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 16, 2023

Craft an “About” page. Visitors should never have to wonder what your organization does and why you do what you do. Provide all this information in an About page. Help visitors navigate. Also, a site map helps people understand the topology of your website. Confusion and ignorance are the enemies of enchantment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 29, 2014

I’ve talked before about the need to get rid of “ that negative chip on your shoulder ” as it won’t help you in business. They get pissed off if a senior executive at Google doesn’t take a meeting with them, if people are late to their meetings or if they have emails that are unreturned.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

To address that disaster, Ken Button and Randy Bishop�two veterans of the startup industry�created ContractSafe (www.contractsafe.com), a new online service aimed at helping companies to tame that mess and manage and store their contracts in the cloud. Typically, these documents are a mess. Why is this needed by companies?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2014

It reminds me of a line my wife and I often jokingly say to each other after seeing the awesome film “ Notorious ” about the life of Biggie Smalls. After my first Tweet with the Notorious mothafucka quote , I thought about my role as a VC and I Tweeted the following. “I know mothafuckas who know mothafuckas.”

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 19, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] I recently spoke with an old friend who is in sales. I suggested that he go back to his boss and explain that it would be more than just helpful to know why these new reports are needed, that even though the salesman has no need to know, it would certainly make doing the work less of a chore.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And how about a buy-sell agreement if one partner wants to sell their interest to a third party unacceptable to the remaining partner(s)? How about non-compete agreements? It is always wise to have an attorney help memorialize a partnership agreement, even if painful conversations must take place to do so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Craft an “About” page. Visitors should never have to wonder what your organization does and why you do what you do. Provide all this information in an About page. Help visitors navigate. Also, a site map helps people understand the topology of your website. Confusion and ignorance are the enemies of enchantment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If you haven’t yet heard about Female Founder Office Hours it is an initiative you should be aware of whether you’re male, female or any other gender identify. Please help share this widely so that more women become aware of this important resource that is being run nationally. LA Female Office Hours. My response was swift, “No!

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