Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. email readers, continue here.] In general, grants are made to individuals, companies, businesses, organizations or institutions that are working toward serving the greater good or a greater cause.

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Company Companies Writing Education 166

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The effort to write a grant request is not trivial. Email readers, continue here…] Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. And often, grants come with detailed accounting and reporting requirements.

Equity 156

Equity Writing Education Research 156

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

And my specific response that I recommended was to say, “I can send you our standard data pack but honestly I have too many other firms asking for customized data and we simply can’t send each person custom reports. Note: If you enjoy my posts please subscribe to my newsletter by adding your email below. it will go a long way.

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Funding Newsletter Venture Capital Email 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Microsoft Office ended up beating its competitors because it was able to read and write to file formats other than its own. Juno provided a free email service. Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet. Working at Juno.

Software Review 285

Software Review Software Blogging Startup 285

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I plan to write about it early next year when we’re all through. The press who trusted me enough to report on our successes. Investor emails. Hell, I send those emails. Despite the fact that only the Lotto winners get reported. So it is now publicly known that we have closed $150 million in our 4th fund.

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Blogging Press Entrepreneur Venture Capital 420

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Results” these days are not PowerPoint slides, or theories and recommendations.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. Poor thing had to write this parable and broadcast it through social media, just to get her point across.

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Course Writing Report Startup 156

Berkonomics

JUNE 9, 2016

So the lion recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as a supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports. The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system. Guess who the lion fired first?

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Report Writing Startup Course 120

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Still, my wife had seen a report that almost all sun blocks for kids had a chemical known to be dangerous to kids. If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few.

Startup 292

Startup Venture Capital Blogging Summary 292

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

and then write down what they said on a white board (so they feel listened to) but then go around the room and call on everybody and ask, “so what do you think?&#. Use time series and use graphs – Produce the standard of what you want to report to the board in terms of business performance and produce the same thing every time.

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Startup Slides Guide Writing 331

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

PPC 154

PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write. You need to do it yourself.

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Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

By Mahesh Raj Mohan Writing a business plan can be a difficult process. you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. Your business plan’s writing style should take their preferences into account. So what writing styles should you use for these very different audiences? Hi, I’m writing this plan because.”

Writing 97

Writing Summary Ideas Research 97

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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Startup Product Technology Venture Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write. You need to do it yourself.

Startup 92

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 92

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

Start writing a blog, speaking at local groups, and conversing at networking meetings about the need you see in the marketplace, before you pitch a solution. Don’t wait for journalists to find you; they all publish their email addresses, and they’re looking for something interesting to write. You need to do it yourself.

Startup 90

Startup Writing Newsletter Blogging 90

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2014

Here’s a simple historic lineage of the changing forms of correspondence over time: Writing Letters -> Telegraph (Morse Code) -> Typewriters -> PCs -> Word processors (spell check) -> Email -> SMS (word prediction and error correction) -> IM. Next came mobility: being able to correspond while on the go.

Writing 101

Writing Email Mobile Summary 101

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

The VC’s & executives were then asked to make “commitments&# (in writing) to 3-5 of the companies that they felt they could make some sort of contribution to. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Now, there are three kinds of exits. And those that are total write-offs in which no one except perhaps the bank and lenders receive anything. Upon reflection, I should have given each even more. Consider the kinds of exits.

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Sales Venture Capital Writing Email 480

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. Have calls or emails with other board members before the board meeting Equally I spend a lot of time talking with other non-management board member prior to the board meeting. The thing is?—?no I believe the same is true about boards.

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Startup Help Technical Review Writing 251

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Email readers, continue here…]. Reporting: Here is a surprise. The IRS wants to test that a contractor is NOT required to submit regular reports. In California, there are still suits pending as of this writing as to whether app-based gig employees (think Door Dash, Lyft, Uber and many more) are really employees.

Outsource Development 177

Outsource Development Tool Services Report 177

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Media 118

Media Tips Social Media Startup 118

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

I've watched businesses operate throughout my career, and saw that so many times business users struggle with relatively simple applications, where they can't get them build, can't get them to work, and where they have to kludge together an email system to route things to get things approved.

Startup 150

Startup San Diego Entrepreneur Tool 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2014

Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Results” these days are not PowerPoint slides, or theories and recommendations.

Startup 102

Startup Slides Email Customer 102

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. because every community needs its local tech press to report on companies and run conference. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ultimately, what that means is customers want to enter their data once, and have that carry through clearing, to back office settlement, to system reporting, to confirmation delivery, to trading partners you are involved with, and all of that. The traditional way to handle that is to write code.

Networking 214

Networking IBM IBM Pacific Palisades 214

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Over 73% of large businesses in North America use Microsoft Exchange Server as their primary email system. We’ve all used Microsoft at one point or another, whether it’s when we run Windows on our laptop, write up a report in MS Words, play the last game on Kinect, or send an email to a coworker through Exchange (using Outlook).

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 13, 2018

Over a series of Instagram stories from the weekend, Banks (whose account should be taken with an entire salt shaker — more on that later) reported from the belly of the beast (which in this case is one of Elon Musk’s Los Angeles homes). Indeed, Gizmodo is reporting that Musk (reached via DM) said he never met Banks.

Stirrers and Shakers 125

Stirrers and Shakers Los Angeles SpaceX Journal 125

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2010

Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Results” these days are not Powerpoint slides, or theories and recommendations.

Startup 90

Startup Slides Email Customer 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Press 105

Press Social Media Startup Training 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Report within the organizational structure. In the past, consultants were taught to report only to the top executive, and to assume leadership rights in the organization. Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. Results” these days are not PowerPoint slides, or theories and recommendations.

Startup 85

Startup Slides Email Customer 85

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2019

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Press 96

Press Entrepreneur Social Media Training 96

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Understand and write down every expense, and budget for required costs, especially initial inventory and accounts receivable delays. Skip the complex contracts by lawyers, but at least use an email to confirm terms and conditions to all parties. Meticulously manage cash inflow and outflow. Details are important.

Customer 125

Customer Custom Tool Writing 125

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Even practical issues, like understanding reporter deadlines, and your own editing rights, are critical. These days the media formats range from email, phone, radio, television, to social media.

Training 93

Training Media Entrepreneur Social Media 93

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

To start, let’s take a peek inside my train of thinking while I was preparing what I would report on for Tech Crunch Disrupt 2012. So why exchange a multitude of scheduling emails and be late for the interview, or even worse, flake. Speaking of emailing, use the subject line to your advantage. 1 Pre Planning. 3 Be on time.

Press 97

Press Startup Technical Review Email 97

Jason Nazar

JUNE 22, 2010

Get Warm Introductions – Typically 1 out of 10 people will email or call you back from a cold outreach. Seeing how you might work together is infinitely more impactful that trying to describe in text, even if you did write the best 6 th grade book reports. 10 Tips for Better BD. And they’ll even thank you for it.

Outsource Development 88

Outsource Development Develop Development Tips 88