Berkonomics

MARCH 4, 2021

Do you have the resources to evangelize?”. Even Apple rarely attempts this, with all its resources. For argument’s sake, let’s credit the iPhone with igniting an entire product class. They were large, a bit clumsy looking, and gathered cobwebs in the lobbies of some great hotels. “Do Apple as a surprising example.

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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. Email readers, continue here…] But “There’s the rub” (the snag) wrote Shakespeare in Hamlet. It took several months to hire and train enough new support reps to keep up with the rapid growth of our company.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 6, 2023

Email readers, continue here…] Generative thinkers are relentless in asking questions that get to the core of an idea, often making the originator think more deeply about the effects over a longer period of time. Is it feasible (financially, with our resources, with our capabilities?)” “Can we afford to do this?” “Is Generative.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 12, 2018

Small companies most often scrape by with borrowed or invested funds, doing everything possible to grow and prosper with limited resources. This is not to counter my previous advice: “Fire fast, not last”, since every CEO should shoot for “A” class employees and not tolerate underperformers over time.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 7, 2021

We should think of the creation and growth of a high valued company as the sum of three parts, with three distinct classes of participants helping to make real value out of a raw start-up. Nearly none, if statistics and experience are key to the answer. The sum of three parts. One: The entrepreneur.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Much of the rest of the presentation is devoted to explaining to the group the causes for the concerns and offering information for the group to use in the feedback session to help the CEO seek solutions and to provide resources to the CEO for that purpose.

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Berkonomics

MAY 27, 2021

Email readers, continue here…] Each board member is legally tasked with two duties: the duty of care, and the duty of loyalty: care for the living entity that is the corporation itself, and loyalty not to the board member’s constituency, but to the corporation itself. What are the legal responsibilities of board members?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To protect against this, there must be some document in place from the beginning that clearly states the expectation of each founder as to contribution of time and resources to the enterprise. If there is only one class of stock, the same as the founders, and the appraisal of the single class of shares yields, say $2.00

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Berkonomics

JUNE 15, 2017

Many companies find themselves at the five-year point completely unprepared for a sale and without the cash resources to carry out such a repurchase of investor stock, making the clause moot.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 11, 2018

Email readers, continue here…] Generative thinkers are relentless in asking questions that get to the core of an idea, often making the originator think more deeply about the effects over a longer period of time. Which leads us to the second class of creative board thinking…. These are generative thinking questions. Generative.

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Company Companies Ideas Competition 243

Berkonomics

JULY 7, 2016

In my early journalism classes, I was taught the five “W’s” of good news stories, and that most should be in the first paragraph at that. Employees, contractors, even investors want to know why they are asked to make use of their valuable resource to support your effort.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Investors celebrate teams that quickly find the flaws in the original plan and reallocate resources in another direction before more wasted effort. My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Using big data that has been mined for specific information, we can now market to individuals within classes, some of whom will not fit the stereotype and would have been missed with more generalized efforts. Email readers, continue here…] Consider the soon–to–be grandmother checking for gifts for her pregnant daughter.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2018

If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. A story of a company that couldn’t see far enough ahead.

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Marketing Class Startup Research 120

Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. Venture, private equity and more: Here we lump a large number investor classes into one. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner.

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Venture Capital Class Invest Equity 266

socalTECH

JUNE 20, 2012

For readers, LaunchpadLA is all about? We got over 400 applications for the ten slots we had open in this class, and we picked ten amazing companies. So far, eight of the ten companies in our current class have raised outside funding, and we're really happy with how it's gone so far. So when is the next class?

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] Each board member is legally tasked with two duties: the duty of care, and the duty of loyalty: care for the living entity that is the corporation itself, and loyalty not to the board member’s constituency, but to the corporation itself. The average board for a company taking outside investment money is five.

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Resource Acquisition Class Help 222

Berkonomics

JUNE 12, 2014

We should think of the creation and growth of a high valued company as the sum of three parts, with three distinct classes of participants helping to make real value out of a raw start-up. Email readers, continue here.] First, there is the entrepreneur , the visionary, and force behind the venture from start to finish.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, at the end of the year, we share some reflections on the past year from our readers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, sponsors, and others in the local technology community. Our goal is to build a platform that helps our companies achieve best practices as quickly as possible on their way to becoming world-class companies.

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Southern California News Platform Class 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2016

The Luddites would ruin machinery by “throwing a spanner in the works” (or a monkey wrench to the American reader). And he talks specifically about how water trade lowered the costs of transportation and thus products and gave such a resounding advantage to those with great water resources that other nations struggled to keep up.

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Education Resource Class Course 150

Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2010

Email readers continue here.] It took several months to hire and train enough new support reps to keep up with the rapid growth of our company. But the problem was solved, and response times returned to “immediate” for at least this class of customer call. The smaller the company, the more is at stake.

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Training Resource Press Satisfaction 159

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Email readers, continue here.] If the market is moving quickly toward your class of product or service, you may be able to gain a piece just by being there at the right time with the right product or service. Certainly there were resources available to point the company toward the information. That’s a valuable lesson.

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Berkonomics

MAY 12, 2010

To protect against this, there must be some document in place from the beginning that clearly states the expectation of each founder as to contribution of time and resources to the enterprise. Email readers continue here.] Let me try to advance a few rules of thumb to help guide you here.

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Equity Class Pricing Startup 213

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

Of course that website isn’t completely up to date but it’s a great resource for seeing the overall picture. In a way it feels intuitive to us – the readers of this blog – because we’re the tech crowd. PHONE CALLS. Enter phone calls. We love to streamline and text people. But let me start with some data.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 27, 2010

Many companies find themselves at the five year point completely unprepared for a sale and without the cash resources to carry out such a repurchase of investor stock, making the clause moot.

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Venture Capital Sales Invest Class 168

Berkonomics

JULY 26, 2010

Much of the rest of the presentation is devoted to explaining to the group the causes for the concerns and offering information for the group to use in the feedback session to help the CEO seek solutions and to provide resources to the CEO for that purpose. Email readers continue here.]

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Email readers continue here.]. Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. There are a few insights that relate to this money resource, and you should know and respect these. So stay tuned… . Raising money.

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Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

You can fly first class and not talk to fellow passengers. Over time as I became more senior at Andersen Consulting I had more resources to take taxis everywhere. my tribute to Cory Van Wolvelaere & challenge to readers). You can stay in super exclusive hotels. You can have big offices and lavish houses. The Subway.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We give visibility to the location, status, and history of resources in healthcare. Unlike Walmart, you don't have to walk through a reader or interrogator, because we have an active tag with a five year asset life, saying here I am. We've got a nice API with ties to the enterprise class applications.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The irony is that currently both these onetime best in class companies are now in deep trouble. The result is that I, the reader, had no interest in what was being sold in the ad yet I am a consumer in both verticals. On opposite pages were two ads for two very large companies. How does that happen?

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Customer Custom Blogging Startup 72

InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Excel at classes that interested you and perform poorly in those which did not. Entrepreneurs run through walls of fire without knowing what lies on the other side, constantly solving problems with minimal resources, inadequate sleep and a major case of bad nutrition. Partake in high-energy, extreme sports.

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