Berkonomics

APRIL 11, 2013

'It is an unfortunate truism that most of us become a bit stale in our jobs after some time, even if we are most successful at it and appreciated by all who work for or with us. It is human nature to start in a new position with enthusiasm, lofty goals, new ideas, and a heightened awareness of those around us and their ideas for the business. And it is equally human for anyone to become complacent to some degree after an initial flurry of effort, ideas, reorganizations, brilliant decisions, and

peer-to-peer 83

peer-to-peer creativity accelerator 83

Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 10, 2013

Every SaaS business must decide how to charge for the service. Pricing plans are some of the most difficult decisions to make. Equally important to the price is determining the point at which the customer pays - the conversion point. There are four different models that I’ve experienced: up front payment, freemium, limited free trials, money back guarantee.

creativity 45

creativity strategy SaaS enablement 45

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2013

'When I was in the fifth grade, I made a pretty penny printing out desk covers. I don''t know if anyone else did this, but I''d get my pack of 10,000 Print Shop clip art items, pick a tiled format, and put someone''s name in the middle of an 8 1/2x11 sheet of paper. They got to pick which clipart they wanted--tanks, ponies, you name it. I think I told them for five or ten bucks.

venture capital 210

venture capital technology support capital 210

Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 11, 2013

Sitting on a bench overlooking the South Beach marina, I asked an entrepreneur how he had been since he founded his company. He replied with a conundrum: Looking back I can’t believe it’s only been a year but if I think about every day, it’s taken forever. That’s a really succinct way of communicating how it feels to grind. Cementing each brick, each hire, each line of code, each product feature seems like just an incremental step, just another day.

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entrepreneurs opportunity 51

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 10, 2013

In his Stanford GSB lectures, Peter Thiel spoke about secrets. But he defined secrets for startups in a different way than one might expect. A secret is not an unknown. Rather, it’s something just not widely believed to be achievable or feasible. In other words, it’s an insight, a thesis that isn’t widely held. Exploiting that secret should be the aim of every entrepreneur.

incumbents 43

incumbents startup disruption enablement 43

Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 6, 2013

When the core teams of a startup work in harmony, they create tremendous leverage for a business. I saw this last week with one startup I work with, Axial , a New York based company enabling private companies to access debt, equity capital and strategic acquirers. First, the marketing team created a powerful blog post and infographic, just top-notch content marketing.

data collection 43

data collection startup enablement capital 43