Berkonomics

MARCH 28, 2024

They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth. All other board functions are secondary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2012

Badly written letters, long rambling or emotional emails, or an obvious lack of spell checking will brand you as a poor business risk before the message is even considered. No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Tailor writing to your audience. Develop a friendly business writing voice.

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Writing Email Tips Startup 89

Berkonomics

APRIL 27, 2023

Everyone who manages a company, a workgroup or a sales force wants to write as many new deals as possible and is usually wary about doing anything that might threaten the positive outcome of a pending sale. Do so within the offer document and with a personal comment with delivery of the offer. We hesitate to enforce our own rules.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Badly written letters, long rambling or emotional emails, or an obvious lack of spell checking will brand you as a poor business risk before the message is even considered. No one is born with business writing skills, and everyone can learn them. Tailor writing to your audience. Develop a friendly business writing voice.

Writing 90

Writing Content Email Tips 90

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Email readers, continue here…]. Yet, most of us would want to have such documentation of progress other than an invoice. In California, there are still suits pending as of this writing as to whether app-based gig employees (think Door Dash, Lyft, Uber and many more) are really employees. Here are the ten IRS tests.

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Outsource Development Tool Services Report 177

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

Here’s Why You Should Just Send the Deck I know you have your document sending tool to send your fund-raising deck to VCs and track who read your deck, which pages they read and how much time they spend on each page. I would likely open up your deck, read it again and begin contemplating your company again.

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Funding Venture Capital IP Email 239

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. When your customer phones or emails you, his timer starts, so it behooves you to return his call or email quickly. “Results” these days are not PowerPoint slides, or theories and recommendations. Have "customers", not "clients."

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2022

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Class Course Email Social Network 140

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” What happens is 18–20 firms access the data room and download all of your documents. He told me to stop responded to RFPs where I wasn’t the person who helped write the specs for the RFPs. It doesn’t.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Email 336

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But Sarandos doubled down on his defense of the special, writing an internal email that “content on screen doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm.” After receiving backlash, he later told the Hollywood Reporter, “I 100% believe that content on screen can have impact in the real world, positive and negative.”

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Netflix Demand Content Hollywood 300

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). We are doing what we do – writing larger checks and playing an active role at the company. There is a reason for this.

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Venture Capital Seed Funding Email Blogging 352

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Everyone who manages a company or its sales force wants to write as many new deals as possible, and is usually warry about doing anything that might threaten the positive outcome of a pending sale. Do so within the offer document and with a personal comment with delivery of the offer. Deadlines are an important sales tool.

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Sales Tool Writing Customer 120

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

I get these frequently via Twitter, Facebook or email. I provided my email address and he sent me a 688 word email (e.g. I felt I had committed so I read and responded to the email. SHORT : Whether you know the person or not – if you’re asking for help, a favor or an intro – keep your email VERY short.

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Help Email Mentor Blogging 332

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2013

I’ve been writing a series on a simple methodology that we used at my first enterprise software company. If you’ve done a good job in the sales process you’ve already written out a needs document in which your wrote out what you believe the customer problems are with specific examples. Maybe they don’t?

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Sales Customer Custom Examples 328

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Understand and write down every expense, and budget for required costs, especially initial inventory and accounts receivable delays. Get in the habit of documenting all agreements and terms. Skip the complex contracts by lawyers, but at least use an email to confirm terms and conditions to all parties. Details are important.

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Customer Custom Tool Writing 125

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2013

This is sad, since “how to write a business plan” is a frequent topic found in every business journal, and a common title in the business section of every book store. In simple terms, it is a document which describes all the what, when, where, and how of your business for you, your cohorts, and potential investors. No problem.

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Sample Writing Startup Summary 92

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This post covers the first out of 10 that I’ll write about. The moderator asked the question, “if an entrepreneur writes an email to a VC and doesn’t hear back what should they do?&# This VC responded, “Move on. If you fold at the first un-returned email what hope to you have as an entrepreneur?

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Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital Google 338

Berkonomics

MAY 29, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] A business plan is yours alone. But it’s a valuable document for you. Studies found that people who write plans are more likely to put their goals in action and increases your likelihood of success. Assists you in raising capital. I’m not seeking a bank loan or investment. So why make a plan?

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Startup Guide Help Mentor 166

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Course Email Social Network Ideas 96

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

dont have any self-esteem and feel that they are one of a thousand applicants and there is no way they can get a job, so why bother to send a polished document. Attach a Cover Letter: Far too many people simply email you their resumes and there is nothing in the body of the email, just a Word doc attachment.

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Doc Email Tips Research 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2012

This is sad, since “how to write a business plan” is a frequent topic found in every business journal, and a common title in the business section of every book store. In simple terms, it is a document which describes all the what, when, where, and how of your business for you, your cohorts, and potential investors. No problem.

Sample 96

Sample Writing Summary Startup 96

TechEmpower

JULY 5, 2016

We should write an alternative to JSON.stringify that produces an exact representation of our number.” We can no longer write Mustache or Handlebars templates like this: {{! We can no longer write functions like this: function updateEmailAddress(user, newEmail) { // Oops, we failed for user #2^62! The call will be hidden.

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JavaScript Java Class Framework 294

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Save it to Pocket, bookmark it, email it to yourself or whatever other coping mechanism you have. I have checked Twitter at least 10 times during the writing of this post so far and Facebook 3 times. Email twice. I can’t write a blog post and then wait 3 days to publish. “I did that f **g documents yesterday!

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Startup Writing Class Orange County 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. Also, some of the deals I write about I have actually seen as part of their fund raising process. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. Really!). Enter Xobni.

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Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

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Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 2, 2014

Emails, documents, and even tax forms are handled online, making it difficult for families to retrieve them, or even know they existed in the first place. This way, a person can leave behind a will including their tax forms, emails, and other digital documents family members wouldn’t have known about.

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Startup Design Los Angeles Technology 79

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Do you find yourself too much in email mode? I regularly shut down my email so that I don’t get pop-up alerts when I’m working. This can be your star Chief Architect who loves to code but hates having to handle the admin like testing, documentation, recruiting, etc. How can I play to my strengths?

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Venture Capital Conference Ideas Entrepreneur 400

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This is sad, since “how to write a business plan” is a frequent topic found in every business journal, and a common title in the business section of every book store. In simple terms, it is a document which describes all the what, when, where, and how of your business for you, your cohorts, and potential investors. No problem.

Startup 91

Startup Funding Sample Writing 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

By Mahesh Raj Mohan Writing a business plan can be a difficult process. you still have to write the plan for a particular audience. Your business plan’s writing style should take their preferences into account. So what writing styles should you use for these very different audiences? Hi, I’m writing this plan because.”

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Writing Summary Ideas Research 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

I’m not suggesting that formal legal documents are always required, but agreements without some paper or email trail are easily forgotten or misconstrued. Trade secrets need to be documented and dated, and business plans labeled as confidential. Reveal “secret sauce” before filing intellectual property.

Startup 62

Startup Patents Entrepreneur Writing 62

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Class Course Writing Slides 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2014

Speak to people, rather than write a document every time you want a change. When your customer phones or emails you, his timer starts, so it behooves you to return his call or email quickly. “Results” these days are not PowerPoint slides, or theories and recommendations. Have "customers", not "clients."

Startup 102

Startup Slides Email Customer 102

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

There’s one attribute (coming soon) that I need to have in order to write a check but I don’t believe is vital for success. My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). It will be controversial – I know. I know this stuff cold now.

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Entrepreneur Startup SaaS San Diego 267

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Writing for Email. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Course Writing Slides Email 97

Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

Email readers, continue here.] It is highly recommended that legal document are created and/or reviewed by a business transaction attorney. All agreements should be in writing and signed by all parties involved. Most of the important benefits for partnering include: Combining of complimentary skill sets. Access to new markets.

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Technical Review Startup Examples Metrics 204

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 10, 2015

I write about sales often both because it’s the lifeblood of any organization and because in my experience it is the area in which more startups are least experienced or inclined. I also write and talk about it frequently because raising capital is a part of sales and this is important for entrepreneurs to understand.

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Sales Startup Venture Capital Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Don’t you wish that someone had prepped you on how to read the body language, interpret office gossip, and when to hit the delete key on your email rather than the send key? Business Email and Texting. Writing in business is not the same as in an academic environment. The business world expects exactly the opposite.

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Course Email Social Network Ideas 104