Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Here’s a thought for you to recall later when and if the event happens. Some companies, especially those financed by angel or VC investors, have good, formal stock option plans with properly priced options set to reward all employees and managers in the event of a corporate sale. Well, that’s human nature. Consider the kinds of exits.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 21, 2020

Over the past few years interest in all of the major American sports has waned — audiences for championship events like the NBA Finals, the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Indy 500 are all declining as demographics shift and many people would rather watch Twitch streams than tournaments.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 10, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011 -- Los Angeles VC and Angel Event. At our next Los Angeles event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 8, 2011

I write a bit more about how entrepreneurs can protect their ideas here: Spilling The Beans. Analogy – As readers of this blog know, I enjoy drawing connections between seemingly disparate people, historical events and pop culture minutia because it is entertaining and can facilitate learning. Timing and luck also play a role.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 -- Orange County Angel VC and Startup Event. At our next Orange County event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing - how to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check - Especially in this economy! FundingPost.

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Startup San Diego

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Day three of San Diego Startup Week took place at The LOT in Liberty Station, and we held the Sip N’ SaaS networking event Powered Logicboost Labs. We held a quick lightning round of “Ask/Offer,” with attendees writing down what they’re asking for (ex.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 14, 2021

As concerts and live events return to the physical world stateside, many in the tech industry have wondered whether some of the pandemic-era opportunities around virtualizing these events are lost for the time being. Spotify experimented with virtual events.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 2, 2016

If you were to write a history of Silicon Valley, you could do it by looking at a series of major diaspora. Companies like Google, Yahoo, Oracle and PayPal attract top talent for years; when they reach maturity or a major liquidity event, their talent disperses and germinates into the next generation of companies.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, September 28th, 2017. At our next event, the panel of investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check! See [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2013

On my most important ones I spend as much time figuring out what to cut out as I do putting into the writing of it. Many people write email without a “call to action” or reason they’re writing the email. Write to one person at a time. This is critical and was the reason I sat down to write this post.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in San Diego, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! At this San Diego Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area!

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 17, 2023

A liquidity event opportunity Several years later, with the approval of the board and entrepreneur, I was able to engage a very well-known potential acquirer of the business who offered an attractive price for the still young but successful enterprise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2019

In addition, the discipline of producing it, like writing a business plan, will help you immensely in understanding the key elements that drive you and your business. I often hear the excuse that writing a book takes precious time away from building and running your business, which you cannot afford.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2019

Due to the overwhelming demand to pitch at our last event in Orange County, we're throwing an exclusive PitchFest speed dating event where you will be pitching to over 20 investors one-on-one! At this OC Event, we will be showcasing some of the newest early-stage venture funds and angel groups in the San Diego area!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 22, 2019

Register for the FundingPost event on Thursday, March 28th, 2019. FundingPost has hosted 400 sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 17 years. At our next event, the panel of Investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 20, 2019

Register for the FundingPost event on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019. FundingPost has hosted 400 sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 18 years. At our next event, the panel of Investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2013

amSTATZ is an online community that brings fitness professionals, athletes and fitness events together into one place. Founded in the summer of 2011 and their first product out a few weeks ago amSTATS wants to help users to follow fitness events and programs near them and find a great fitness trainer to help them stay fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” I hope to publish that deck and a full write up in the next 10 days in partnership with Dan Primack at Fortune (if my write up doesn’t suck, I guess ;-)).

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2019

Register for the FundingPost event on Wednesday, March 27th, 2019. FundingPost has hosted 400 sold-out venture events in 22 cities over the past 18 years. At our next event, the panel of Investors will focus on Early-Stage Venture Investing: How to meet investors, pitch them, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 25, 2018

And once a month, while watching TV, I spend part of an evening writing personal messages to each birthday employee, recalling an event or complimenting a behavior or success. Such amazing accidental returns for such a small gesture.

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Xconomy

JULY 3, 2019

Join Xconomy and World Frontiers Forum on July 16 for Net@50 , an event exploring the internet’s past and future. ] On top of writing the best-selling 1988 book The Design of Everyday Things , which popularized the concept of human-centered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Then write them down. By writing these goals, you add validity to each target and create a mental desire to see them fulfilled. It has to start long before that, with a mindset event that drives a real change in behavior. Take action now. Overcome complacency and re-test your limits to create impact in a more meaningful way.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Motivated by the overarching mission to mitigate climate change events like wildfires, the Incline Village NV based startup has been drumming up a lot of attention throughout 2023 due to it's data-centric approach and it's software as a service (SaaS) payment model – which is unique for the ecological sector.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

A crisis is an event, precipitated by a specific incident, that attracts critical media attention and lasts for a definite period of time. Prepare, prepare, prepare for every media event. Even the most experienced executives write down what they need to say, and practice for every event.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2020

Of that, $10 billion will go toward solar and energy storage projects designed to make grids more resistant to climate-related catastrophes like extreme weather events, wildfires and other disasters. “Startups and small businesses are the engine of every local and regional economy,” writes Peterson.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. There is simply no way that an event grows from 400 people to 22,000 in 4 years without doing some things right. The founder of the event, Paddy Cosgrave, smartly responded to the critics in a post I just read this morning.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2017

FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years. At our OC Angel Investor Roundtable, the panel of investors will focus on pitching to early-stage investors, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 29, 2017

FundingPost has hosted 300+ sold-out venture events in 23 cities over the past 16 years. At our OC Angel Investor Roundtable, the panel of investors will focus on pitching to early-stage investors, and what it really takes to get them to write you a check!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2023

Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Outside of work, it’s important to join a club, do volunteer work, and help at local events. Both should be thought of as in perpetual motion, so finding your sweet spot is not a one-time event. Deciphering one’s personal purpose should be priority one.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Brad is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship and writes the widely read blogs Feld Thoughts (link is external), Startup Revolution (link is external), and Ask the VC (link is external). See https://www.tmp.ucsb.edu/calendar/event/distinguished-speaker-series-brad-feld.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 3, 2018

million to bring to market a service that basically hits pause on the execution of a contract so it can be arbitrated in the event that something goes wrong. If a dispute cannot be self-resolved, parties then graduate to a dispute resolution marketplace of third party vendors,” Wan writes. Thus, we are dispute process agnostic.”

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Write a book. Write a handwritten letter to someone who helped you make it to the finish line. Start dreaming of the next big idea. Take with you the best wishes from those in your past and build upon the education you received with this effort. Here are some thoughts for you. That extra effort will shock and please them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Write it down, make it specific, expressive, yet succinct and jargon-free. Outside of work, it’s important to join a club, do volunteer work, and help at local events. Both should be thought of as in perpetual motion, so finding your sweet spot is not a one-time event. Deciphering one’s personal purpose should be priority one.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. is there a theme for the event? Be unique / memorable - Remember that at most speaking events you have a ton of other speakers – most who are exceedingly boring. If you write sentences you’ll read them and you’ll … suck.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 22, 2013

Brad is in the midst of writing a series of startup-oriented books. I caught up with Brad between promotional events for Startup Life. When writing Startup Life , Brad noted that he and Amy''s primary goal was to avoid a YARB (Yet Another Relationship Book). You can watch our 10-minute discussion below. Don’t YARB Me Bro.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 19, 2012

LADOTNET Special Event. Emphasis is on writing highly modular, scalable, high-performing enterprise software. Monday, April 23, 2012 -- 3Ps (Principle, Patterns, and Performance) with Chander Dhall. This talk incorporates S.O.L.I.D. In this talk you will learn how to use common patterns and principles in real-world scenarios.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. He considered pulling out of the event because he wanted to stay in “stealth mode&# and felt an event like this compromised him. A funding announcement is a stand-alone event.

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