Berkonomics

JANUARY 24, 2013

Working capital loans and lines of credit are needed for growth and during times of business stress. Approaching a banker during such times tests relationships. It is during those challenging times that it is most difficult to tell the story to your banker, but just then the most important of times.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Tech solutions for such pressing issues as the climate crisis and social inequality have seen a 280% increase in global VC investment from 2015 to 2020, while investment in this space more than doubled in both cities over the past five years. times) since 2015, compared to 3.1 times in Europe as a whole. billion into U.S.

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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. You must answer every question, every time, or risk appearing evasive, online or on camera. Brad Phillips entrepreneur media training meet the press startup' Answer the tough questions. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 25, 2014

I have written many times about PR so if you want a deep dive on the “how” of PR you may enjoy reading some of these posts. They don’t show up in a calculation that says I spent $7,000 and I got X-thousands inches of press. PR is an insanely valuable activity in early-stage companies. They are silent.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2014

Thankfully gamers and the media were able to experience what would be coming in the next couple days at E3 and beyond from Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA Games, and Sony’s press conferences. Here’s a quick look and grades of each of the press conferences. Microsoft E3 Press Conference. EA Games E3 Press Conference. Grade: B- .

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Berkonomics

MARCH 4, 2021

My stories of missing the context of the times. A marketing professional or the marketing department certainly can work to obtain good press, appealing to curious journalists and early adapters. If you are going to be first in a market, plan on a very long time from introduction to acceptance.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 19, 2023

But the problem was solved, and response times returned to “immediate” for at least this class of customer call. If the problems had been in product stability and customer service together at the same moment, there might not have been enough time and resources to recover. Rapid growth=hiring inexperienced customer service reps.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

It’s only 12 minutes long and if you’re a first-time entrepreneur (or second time, frankly) I encourage you to watch it if for nothing else than to get a sense that your struggles are universal. Stop reading their press releases or hearing their founder talk about he is crushing it. You psyche each other out.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

It is the bane of every startups existence because it takes up so much time, it is so competitive to sign people and it feels like unproductive time because it’s not moving the ball forward on product, engineering, sales, marketing, biz dev, fund raising. Obviously press releases only work if the employee isn’t junior.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 16, 2023

As an early-stage investor, the first test for me is whether “my” entrepreneur is flexible in both the plan and execution of their vision (since from experience almost everything about a business plan changes over time), and whether that person, no matter what age or experience, is coachable. Doctoral theses have been written on this subject.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 22, 2021

Interestingly, an LA Times article back in 2018 noted that the space, “may also serve as a declaration that Apple intends to compete as a major Hollywood content creator.” local time on Thursday, June 24. Image Credits: Apple. In hindsight, fair enough. Apple TV+ launched late the following year.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

At the time, ASG argued that taking Mitek private would be better for the San Diego company’s shareholders than having it continue to operate as a standalone public company and trying to replace the two top Mitek executives who unexpectedly resigned in August.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

We see this in politics all the time. Never Blame the Press. The most tempting thing for inexperienced entrepreneurs to do is to attack the press. But don’t pick a fight with the press. It’s the job of the press to hold us all to account and question our conduct, our performance, our accuracy our businesses.

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socalTECH

MARCH 8, 2016

Once upon a time, one of the best benefits that employers could offer up an employee was a company contribution to their retirement plan. However, for an entire generation of employees�particularly, those coming out of school now�saving for retirement is completely overshadowed by the far more pressing, crushing burden of student debt.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2018

According to Esri, it has linked with satellite imaging provider DigitalGlobe on a new Story Map which shows high resolutions images of those 12 venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia--apparently, the very first time those images of those venues have been made available. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Working capital loans and lines of credit are needed for growth and during times of business stress. Email readers, continue here…] Approaching a banker during such times tests relationships. There are great exceptions for growing businesses and for businesses that have a track record with a banker.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

“The institution of a free press in America is in a state of crisis greater than I have ever seen in my lifetime , and perhaps in any moment in this nation’s history.”?—?Dan I give you some of Dan’s quotes talking about the current state of the Trump’s hostility towards the press. This is not normal. This is unprecedented.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Announcing EIGHT new mini-books and eBooks by Master Entrepreneur, Dave Berkus , just released by The Berkus Press. Individual books from The Berkus Press by clicking HERE. Direct from The Berkus Press: $14.95 (click here). Direct from The Berkus Press: $14.95 (click here). Kindle eBook: $2.99 (press here).

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Berkonomics

MAY 24, 2018

Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees’ favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fellow pressmen from a bag he was carrying. A story of a CEO’s snap judgment call.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Mintel is a marketing intelligence agency, and SPH Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Singapore Press Holdings, the publishers of The Straits Times. The company said the strategic funding came from Mintel and SPH Ventures. Gabe Gottlieb is the founder and CEO of Pathmatics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 27, 2013

But the obvious thing dawned on many people – the early-adopter, tech-obsessed readers of TechCrunch at the time were not necessarily the typical users of many company’s products. And each of these constituencies are important at different times. Sure, some products were amazing and the crowds stuck around.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The new service officially launched on Tuesday, with over 800 Texas locations already in operation and a deadline to be active in all 50 states by the end of September — right in time for the holiday shipping rush. Small local businesses can have a tough time competing with ecommerce giants. How USPS Connect Local Works.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2021

In my role as a business advisor, a complaint I often hear from owners and professionals alike is that there is just not enough time to get everything done. This is especially true from those of you who are perfectionists , and feel hard-pressed to delegate critical tasks to anyone who may be less capable.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2013

Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches? Here’s what’s going through his/her head: Is this story “newsworthy” or am I being asked to publish a press release? ” Can you imagine that ever getting inches in the press?

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socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2014

million US dollars at press time--the first, dedicated fund for its BitCoin investments. BitAngels , the angel investment group which invests in BitCoin related startups, has launched a new, 10,000 BTC structured fund--approximately $4.1

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

It has even gone so far that we now have evocative headlines in the tech press such as “ Buy or Die ,” which is what got me thinking about this post. But the press (and I suspect many of the senior execs of these companies) don’t really explore the corrosive downside of these acquisition. We get the mechanics.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout. But Pagels-Minor’s lawyer told the New York Times this week that “B. categorically denies leaking sensitive information to the press.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. Heard that knock many times.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. But now you know why I’ve had many nights away, many airports and much time on the road. But it’s hard to know that from the press. Many times it’s less. And why I woke up at 4.50am.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2016

We were the only such facility on the West coast to provide and control the entire process from studio, through finished vinyl record pressings in the same building, therefore able to promise quality control others could only dream about. I lost an invaluable opportunity to learn from the front line.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

So if you have no money then get to work with a small bit of your time building relationships. But I know how valuable building a brand is so I put time into it. It’s the opposite of WYSIWYG And even then this newly minted college graduate will be working on multiple clients at the same time. I do it myself.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 2, 2020

late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. Record plants were noisy, dirty places, using chemicals I can only imagine now rest somewhere in the ocean, to electroplate the “stampers” and press the records. My stories of unexpected change. First, in the.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I have experienced many first-time entrepreneurs with too much hubris if fund-raising came easily and press was fawning and employees joined in droves and customer adoption has been rapid. We champion a storyline about an underdog who failed many times but through grit and determination have risen above the odds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

You may have gotten some articles that covered your product launch or may have gotten into industry rags but this might be your first time on TechCrunch, AllThingsD, PandoDaily, GigaOm, Business Insider or the equivalent. But succinctly this press places a marker in the ground for your company. Why does that matter?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Entrepreneurs get so used to friends and family congratulating them on their press coverage that they forget sometimes that this isn’t real. A good friend of mine was features on the front cover of the LA Times business section with a glowing article. Press doesn’t mean anything other than free advertising.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2017

But the problem was solved, and response times returned to “immediate” for at least this class of customer call. If the problems had been in product stability and customer service together at the same moment, there might not have been enough time and resources to recover.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 14, 2014

Best possible press: too early to market. A marketing professional or the marketing department certainly can work to obtain good press, appealing to curious journalists and early adapters. If you are going to be first in a market, plan on a very long time from introduction to acceptance. Cover story for industry magazine.

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