Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

Venture Capital 296

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are other social networks in the list of 300 “major sites” recognized by Wikipedia that entrepreneurs use for networking, depending on where you are in the world, like Viadeo, Ryze, and Sina Weibo, but talking to friends on Facebook probably won’t help you. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Entrepreneur 143

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Whether the exit was as large as you hoped, or whether your goals of taking care of all the people who helped you get to this point were realized, the exit itself generates a complex set of emotions in all of us. You no longer need to worry over daily cash or threats to your net worth. Take time to reach out. Take a long breath.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2020

Email readers, continue here…] As solar panel efficiency increases from the present average of 22% to 30% and more, and as electricity prices rise, the net break even for solar panels should decrease dramatically. Solar panels are getting closer to economic savings. It’s already happening in some sunny areas of the country.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Friends, family and fools: [Email readers, continue here…] This term, although pejorative, describes the typical mix of early investors in a small, young growing business. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.

Venture Capital 295

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 5, 2020

“The only success criteria of my startup career is whether GrubMarket can eventually make $100 billion of annual sales,” he said to me over both email and in a phone conversation. ” I don’t doubt that he means it. Its opportunity comes in the form of disruption and a gap in the market.

Technical Review 343

Technical Review Startup Marketing San Diego 343

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

Or if you’re a VC raising from LPs you have to list all of your deals, your investment value, your carrying value, your multiples, your IRRs, TVPIs, DPIs, etc along with net cashflows plus your previous LPAs. I hired a sales coach named Kai Krickle who helped me figure out how to close more deals. How should I best prepare for that?”

Funding 336

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

To be successful starting a business, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Able to just “get it.” Be vivid virtually.

Entrepreneur 139

Entrepreneur Social Media Startup .Net 139

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

There are other social networks in the list of 200 “major sites” recognized by Wikipedia that entrepreneurs use for networking, depending on where you are in the world, like Orkut, Viadeo, and Sina Weibo, but talking to friends on Facebook probably won’t help you. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Networking 90

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 21, 2013

Email readers, continue here.] There are asset-based lenders of every size willing to take more risk and finance the growth of young companies without requiring compensating balances. To this net number, the lender will then apply a percentage, from 50% to 80% as the amount available for borrowing under the agreement.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Whether the exit was as large as you hoped, or whether your goals of taking care of all the people who helped you get to this point were realized, the exit itself generates a complex set of emotions in all of us. To celebrate with your suppliers who helped you, especially during the rough times. Take a long breath.

Entrepreneur 120

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. Can’t hurt.&#.

Startup 295

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2019

com, and Vivendi Universal Net USA, where he was also CEO. Robin Richards: Brand amplification and brand protection are critical to companies, in helping them attract and retain employees. What we found, if people wanted help finding a job right away, and didn't want to be trained in how to look for a job. What is CareerArc?

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Berkonomics

APRIL 10, 2014

With help from JJ Richa. Email readers, continue here.] The next logical step in our analysis of financing tools is to analyze asset-based lending, in which you pledge or assign your short term assets, such as accounts receivable or inventory, to the lender. One example of asset-based finance would be purchase order financing.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

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. It is for this group that we explore the implications implicit in raising money for growth. It’s an option, even though an expensive one.

Venture Capital 266

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2019

Elon Musk via Flickr by TED Conference To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out.

Entrepreneur 103

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2012

Email readers, continue here.] They can also help you with an SBA (Small Business Administration) loan, if that path is correct for you. Factoring companies can help you with working capital needs when your business grows quickly by filling the money “gap” created between new billings and actual collections.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

There are other social networks in the list of over 200 now recognized by Wikipedia that entrepreneurs use for networking, depending on where you are in the world, like Orkut, Netlog, and Sina Weibo, but talking to friends on Facebook probably won’t help you. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Networking 63

Networking Social Network Activity Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

There are other social networks of the 200 or so now recognized by Wikipedia that entrepreneurs use for networking, depending on where you are in the world, like Orkut, Netlog, and Sina Weibo, but talking to friends on Facebook probably won’t help you. Remember it helps to give a little to get something back.

Networking 100

Networking Entrepreneur Social Network Activity 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Shervin Pishevar, another person who I respect wrote the following on Twitter, “ Saying you don’t like @AngelList is like saying you don’t like Email. Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. As Shervin said, it’s just email.

Venture Capital 267

Venture Capital Writing Blogging Startup 267

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Take little to no net profit. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. If you do, there probably won''t ever be a long run! Reinvest gross profit.

Organization 111

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

There are other networks that also work, depending on where you are in the world, like Ryze, Plaxo, and Facebook, but setting up an account on MySpace probably won’t help you. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you.

Activity 97

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2016

The area which probably is really attuned to your readers, is we also serve many mid-market, growth oriented companies that are looking to grow and acquire customers, with paid and earned digital channels, paid search, paid media, social, email, and organic SEO, as well as digital PR and content. That's where we're the most impactful.

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socalTECH

MAY 18, 2010

The second thing it allows them to do is save money, because the app helps them with couponing, through partnerships and local deals we have. One of the most popular features of the application is the delegation feature, which with one tap allows them to email a grocery list to their husband to pick up.

Mobile 168

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2013

CapLinked also netted in new customers such as Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and Equity Partners, NextView Ventures and crowd-funding service AI Verified which will take advantage of its iPad compatibility, bulk uploading, and reporting tools. he new Bulk Uploading will make transporting entire folder structures secure and frustration free.

Mobile 91

Mobile Report Pricing Tool 91

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. We're taking a bit of our playbook from First Round Capital, where, if you look at their website, they provide market help and raising their next round of capital. Tell us about the new fund? It all starts there.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A new, Los Angeles-based startup, Zenvoy (www.zenvoy.com) is looking to change that, with a service that helps match professionals with one-on-one networking. They do something where they throw your business cars in a pot, and help match you up, and have lunch or a call. What is Zenvoy? I thought that was really neat.

Startup 100

Startup Organization ACG Networking 100

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Sure, a great operating system is one of the things Microsoft is most known for, but there are dozens of other Microsoft products and services that help businesses grow. Over 73% of large businesses in North America use Microsoft Exchange Server as their primary email system. And that’s just a few of the scenarios.

Writing 88

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Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

And once in a while, a defender uses his or her face, inadvertently, to block a ball spiked over the net. Lin made his claims in an email to University of California, Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna, Zhang’s rival in the dispute over who invented key aspects of CRISPR-Cas9. Talk about sacrifice.

Technical Review 40

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2013

At Computer Motion (NASDAQ: RBOT, acquired by Intuitive Surgical), I helped negotiate the company’s new phone system, which saved over $35,000, before I was an employee. Thus, before ever receiving a dime, I helped the company in a direct and material way. Bilbo signed up for 1/14th of any treasure secured by his company of dwarfs.

Startup 230

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

Take little to no net profit. Hire experts, not help. Low paid help isn’t cheaper if it takes them twice as long to do the job, or they do the job wrong. All you need is a blog, Twitter, email, some business card stock, and a little creativity. If you do, there probably won''t ever be a long run! Reinvest gross profit.

Equity 96

Equity Startup Summary Tips 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2017

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In her classic book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net it out. Able to just “get it.” Be vivid virtually.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Social Media .Net Startup 66

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

There are other networks that also work, depending on where you are in the world, like Ryze, Plaxo, and Facebook, but setting up an account on MySpace probably won’t help you. Business groups like TiE-The Indus Entrepreneurs and EO-Entrepreneurs Organization are places to meet people you can help, as well as people who can help you.

Networking 97

Networking Startup Activity Entrepreneur 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2012

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In a recent book on this subject, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Able to just “get it.” Be vivid virtually.

Entrepreneur 112

Entrepreneur Social Media .Net Startup 112

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

To be successful as an entrepreneur, you don’t have to be a fabulous person, but it helps. In a book on this subject from a while back, “ The Essentials of Fabulous ,” Ellen Lubin-Sherman, who has been tracking fabulous people most of her life as a writer and journalist, tried to net “it” out. Able to just “get it.” Be vivid virtually.

Startup 101

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media .Net 101

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We typically do not ask entrepreneurs to visit our offices in Santa Barbara, but Jeff wanted to meet with Kevin, an investor in our Fund who helped us vet opportunities and occasionally invested alongside of us. <Note: I edited a few comments from Jeff's email, none of which related to our meeting in 2008.> billion).

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review Southern California 100