Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Here is the warning: The execution of equity allocations and of a good incentive program using equity is often mismanaged, damaging the corporate capitalization structure and even affecting the outcome of subsequent investment into the company. … Equity is divided between the founders and the business begun.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Both Sides of the Table , July 22, 2010 An updated Digital Trends presentation - Jeff Hilimire , June 2, 2010 I do what I hate - Jessica Mah , January 7, 2010 Startup Equity Allocation - charliecrystle.com , January 11, 2010 When good investment decisions end up backing more women CEOs: Conversation with Cameron Lester at Azure Capital.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2013

Irvine-based Local Corporation , the operator and publisher of online local business guides, announced this morning that it has appointed Frederick G. Thiel was previously Managing Partner of the Software IT Group of Triton Pacific Capital Partners, a private equity firm. Thiel to its board.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

A few weeks ago, Help With Black Equity (www.helpwithblackequity.com) launched an effort to help connect volunteers with efforts to help with addressing racial disparities, including here in Southern California. The entity now guides both HelpWithCOVID and HelpWithBlackEquity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

It’s the right way to get money without giving up too much equity or control of your business. Yet, in my view, every early-stage entrepreneur should be exploring this new funding alternative before approaching VCs.

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socalTECH

MAY 8, 2014

Fred Thiel has been on Local''s board since 2013, having previously been an investor at private equity firm Triton Pacific Capital Partners, in addition to time at Graham Partners, TechStarter Ventures, GameSpy Industries, and Lantronix. local corporation krillion shopping guide software board executive triton' READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers Technology Roles in Startups Want to Know the Difference Between a CTO and a VP Engineering? If you are on the lower complexity end, the key is defining small chunks of work that can be done quickly by a developer. Plan for past the initial MVP. Review the code being built.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

The new company is backed by JMI Equity. Business.com said it is in the midst of building a "more robust" library of content marketing assets on the site, including white papers, infographics, presentations, and buyer guides. business businesscom guide content marketing online jmiequity resourcenation' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Each of the Pipeline participants is paired up with a mentor, and the goal is to help guide them through the process of choosing an enterprise. As a mentor, it''s my job to guide them through that process. yazhari angel investment women pipeline fellowship learning bootcamp venture capital private equity interview' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

According to Digital Map Products, it has appointed Dave Cozzens to its board, to help guide the company around strategic growth and positioning. Digital Map Products is backed by private equity investor Silversmith Capital Partners. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 30, 2021

According to Uprise, Uprise provides its health services through self-guided modules, live coaching, and in-person therapy. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

Do take loans from sophisticated investors only after you have tried everything to get them to purchase equity…. It took several times the value of the cousin’s loan in legal fees and settlement just to extradite my interests from a suit that had no merit – but would have cost hundreds of thousands more just to get to trial.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2020

A few weeks ago, Help With Black Equity (www.helpwithblackequity.com) launched an effort to help connect volunteers with efforts to help with addressing racial disparities, including here in Southern California. The entity now guides both HelpWithCOVID and HelpWithBlackEquity.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

He’s joining you because your company offers him/her the hope of the big equity package but likely the step forward in his career that he’s been looking for. I had given him a small equity stake in my company. He’s got something to prove. To the contrary.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2015

Purch , the online publishing company with offices in Culver City that owns Tom's Guide, TopTenReviews, Laptop, and other online publications, has raised $135M in a Series C funding round. The funding was led by Canso Investment Council, and included both equity and debt. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Reign-in expenses. The most important task of a startup CEO is to review every expense with a miserly hand BEFORE the money flows out. Do not delegate this task! Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Irvine-based Pathnostics , which offers up diagnostics tests and services in for urology, women's health, gastroenterology and cancer, has received a strategic investment from Chicago-based private equity investor Water Street Healthcare Ventures, the companies said on Wednesday. Financial details of that investment were not announced.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

There''s just simply no way that the founder or the management or anyone with equity in the company, besides the investor with a six-x liq pref (liquidation preference), could make any money. Instead, Adeo has created a liquidity pool of equity which is shared with all graduates from the Institute. Nowadays it''s more like, 75,000.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2012

We caught up with Sam Altman, the firm's founder, to hear more about the company, and how we went from working in private equity to heading up a company all about finding nightlife. When I finished school at Stanford, I knew I wanted to run my own company, but ended up moving to Los Angeles to join with a large private equity firm.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

According to the company, its new product, Guided Selling, uses data learned from billions of sales interactions to prioritize the next best actions--whether that is whom to contact, when and how to contact them, and what to say. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 28, 2008

inQ offers web chat services for e-commerce web sites, which helps to close online sales and guide users to select and find products. The firm has previously raised funding from Dolphin Equity, Emergence Capital Partners, Hudson Ventures, Partech International, and Vertrue. inQ did not detail reasons for the name change. READ MORE>>

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 5, 2012

Now its time to get to the legal nitty-gritty  set up the company, build the team with equity incentives, get the contracts in order, and everything else youre not thinking of (but a good lawyer will tell you). ou and the other founders have conceived of the next game-changing start-up.

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LATechDigest

JANUARY 27, 2020

Since 2013, Moore has worked on over 100 crowdfunding campaigns, both as CEO of Moore Media Ventures, as well as CMO of leading equity crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder. Analysts are predicting equity crowdfunding to unlock $50 billion of available capital by the year 2020.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2016

Carlsbad-based Business.com , the online business directory and information site which was most recently in the hands of JMI Equity, has been sold to New York-based content publisher Purch , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Purch is the publisher of such sites as Top Ten Reviews, Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, Live Science, and many others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

I refer back to the classic book, “ A Crowdfunder’s Strategy Guide ,” by Jamey Stegmaier, one of the biggest thought leaders on crowdfunding, and who has also run several successful Kickstarter projects, that together have raised many millions of dollars. We still have no experience on how well this will work.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

He was the CMO at Charles Schwab during the emergence of the online brokerage revolution, helping to guide the company’s transition from a high-touch retail broker to a no-touch self-serve trading platform. I think it is borrowed equity. The same rule applies, borrowed equity isn’t yours. ”

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 27, 2011

Several people have recently come to me to help them source and/or hire full-time CTOs for their startup having found me through my post that looks at: Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data. The first thing I do is suggest they explore if they really need to hire a full-time CTO for their startup and if so, what kind of CTO they need.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2010

I’ve heard the following so many times that it still makes me scratch my head, “if those guys are going to get rich off of our backs then we’re going to look like fools if we don’t have equity.&#. I’ve already made clear that I think raising equity from “strategic money&# is an oxymoron.

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SoCal CTO

APRIL 25, 2017

That post and How to Find Programmers for You Startup - a Field Guide both lay out a lot of the tactics that will prepare a founder for important early conversations. The way they expressed it "technical co-founder" is code for find someone who will work as an Equity Only Developer. That's not going to be a successful outreach.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Startup Survival Guide: Beating the 800lb Gorillas. Hitchhikers Guide to Hypermonetizing the "3rd Wave". Equity vs. Debt: What's Best for My Startup. Also, if you are big on food our friends over at Bakespace has put together an ultimate Foodie's guide to SXSW Panel Picking :). The internet is finally tr.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 8, 2011

You must make the same type of basic probabilistic calculations when guiding your adVenture. Thus, it is akin to the sweat equity you put into your adVenture, never knowing if your efforts will yield a return. With Walter Matthau as your guide, you no longer need to sneak out to play cards. Be like Huck.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 11, 2012

Facebook had to resolve expensive and time-consuming litigation related to promising early hires senior positions and substantial equity stakes. Fortunately, his mom instilled in him a tenacity and sense of purpose that successfully guided him “across the fields” and helped him overcome his lack of “book learning.”.

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Tips Startup Education Entrepreneur 279

socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Over the last four years, I watched numerous entrepreneurs raise equity. In 2018, many of them sold their companies or raised massive equity rounds. The best founders and CEOs artfully craft narratives that articulate a lucid vision amid the chaos of disruption. What was the biggest news for your company in 2018?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 15, 2011

Chavez also has served at Jones Lang LaSalle, Elementbars.com, and Equity Office Properties. Irvine-based Local.com announced this morning that it has appointed Lori Chavez as its new Vice President of Marketing. Chavez joins the company from Westfield, the shopping mall developer.

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Berkonomics

MAY 26, 2010

In 1981, Herb Cohen published “ You Can Negotiate Anything ”, an excellent guide to great negotiating. I’ve read and reread the book a number of times and find myself using the techniques often in many areas of my life.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2011

Los Angeles-based growth equity investor Vicente Capital Partners officially announced today that it has led a SEries C investment in Santa Monica-based Campus Explorer , the fifth investment from its Growth Equity Fund. Klaus Koch, Managing Partner of Vicente Capital Partners, is joining Campus Explorer's board as part of the funding.

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