Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Let’s explore a number of methods to value your business. Many buyers use a combination of methods, throwing out those that do not fit the appropriate form of business. Corporate Valuations Using Various Methods There are at least ten recognized ways to value a business. 5 to 4 times gross revenues for similar businesses.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

After analyzing hundreds of online user reviews and testing various alternatives, we’ve found platforms that offer better deliverability, more intuitive automation, and stronger customer support. 5 (6000+ reviews) Brevo Budget-conscious marketers Generous free tier with multichannel capabilities Free plan, paid from $9/month 4.5/5

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. I spoke about this yesterday on Fox Business News. Most people suck at presenting to big groups. I was the judge.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. Think Fred Wilson, Tony Hsieh or Brad Feld. Think again.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Every January, the number of people who Google “how to start a business” jumps to hundreds of searches a day. While starting a business is a common new year’s resolution, soon-to-be entrepreneurs make the leap for a variety of reasons. Early-stage entrepreneurs, like all entrepreneurs, have their own set of unique needs.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

2018 YLAI fellow Kenishia Mais is the founder of ThrivingDollars , a financial education platform empowering young adults with the tools and resources they need to make smarter decisions, create their ideal financial lives, and gain the freedom to pursue more of what they love. Being financially literate gives you freedom of choice.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In my experience, it’s critical to uncover the secrets of fishing in the perfect spots to hook the right clients and employees for your business success. In my experience, it’s critical to uncover the secrets of fishing in the perfect spots to hook the right clients and employees for your business success. Where do you find big fish?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 16, 2020

Today, as we navigate an unprecedented global health crisis , an entrepreneur’s role becomes even more demanding. The amount of difficult tasks and important communication threads business owners must juggle every day has grown by an unimaginable magnitude. Action-oriented. Collaborative. Communicative.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Do You Even Know Your Own Brand? Can you clearly describe what your brand is and, equally important, what it isn’t? Can your newest hire articulate it, and do they understand how their day-to-day actions reinforce it? When you make strategic decisions, is it easy to determine what is on-brand — and what is off-brand?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

I went to undergrad at UCSD, which is not a place known for its Greek institutions and my father grew up in South America and had know idea what a fraternity was. Yet being in a fraternity was one of the most transformative experiences I had in college and prepared me better for becoming an entrepreneur than any class that I took.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Yesterday was a Monday. tl;dr summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Work hard, do well in school and you can have a better life? We already have a jobs gap.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. But alas I must scale with businesses and make money. And so must you. If I could bottle this moment and spend all my time here I would be in heaven.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? Every founder believes what they have is fundable, otherwise they wouldn’t try. I’m a female founder.

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Gust

DECEMBER 12, 2011

After the idea, it’s all about execution. I’ve talked before about the best personality traits for a good entrepreneur, but I’ve never talked about the importance of process. Yes, even entrepreneurs need to follow a disciplined execution process if they want to maximize their probability for success. Define a focused strategy.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Minority businesses make up a large part of the American economy. Here’s a list of top sources for funding minority entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, these businesses have had the hardest time scaling up, in part because of a lack of funding. These are needed for any business to grow. Website: [link].

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Entrepreneurs seek to find the right investor and to make the best pitch when the opportunity comes Entrepreneurs start their companies with great passion and big dreams. If the founding entrepreneurs believe their business models will scale quickly, they will need a good deal of funding to support growth.

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Ian Hathaway

JULY 28, 2020

After three eventful years , I’m excited to say that my new book— The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem , with Brad Feld —is officially available to the public today! There is more work to do and many other voices to hear from. It’s my first book, so this is a new feeling. But it was worth it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Every business owner wants it, especially after the economic roller coaster and reset of 2020. Yet most entrepreneurs have spent the past year in survival mode, not planning mode. Chances are strong that you used the pandemic as an opportunity to reset your business and redefine success. Recurring business ratio.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

When creating content, the fundamental structure consists of the beginning and end of an event, and a conflict plot. Our technology allows users to change elements of the story, like replacing Snow White with the Little Mermaid as the protagonist, or swapping the apple for a grape to create a new princess tale.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Prospective homeowners can qualify for mortgages from their mobile phones, but until there are more companies to help them find affordable housing or adequately plan for the largest purchase they’ll ever make, proptech can’t create optimal value for consumers. More entrepreneurs should call proptech home.”

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Starting a business is very difficult. It requires a lot of planning and forethought before you leap. This Guide is for the aspiring business owner and entrepreneur for the purpose of spuring thinking and investigation that will lead to the creation of a business plan followed by the business launch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

With such impressive returns to be made, many are deciding to set up a full-fledged investment business. VCs today have to provide more than money to get the best portfolio, and they must have a strong focus on impact to get the best institutional investors into their funds. Are you doing this for the right reasons?

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Edited excerpts below: What background and domain expertise do you have? and what’s your mental model for investing?

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Feedough

JANUARY 6, 2021

However, in a world where more and more people opt to become entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship is no more a ‘calling’ where you can rely on your instincts to succeed. You must have that extra edge to beat the competition or stand out in a flooded market. So how do you get that edge?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2023

As an entrepreneur or founder starting a business, you may think of capital as purely monetary. Capital is often viewed only as an opportunity for an infusion of money into a business to get it started or grow and scale your company. Many entrepreneurs leverage a uniquely laser-focused mindset to bring their vision into reality.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . Then private equity players gradually realized that value cannot be created through financial engineering alone. Expert Networks.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What is Product-Market Fit The product-market fit describes the stage of a startup company where they have successfully identified a target customer and serve them with the right product. But there is no example of a company that has built a successful business without achieving the product-market fit. And still, 90% of startups fail.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. Then, build a simple landing page showcasing these renderings and the product’s benefits.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year. Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat. And this key piece of the digital transformation puzzle is fully focused on entrepreneurs and investors. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

I’m very proud of the work we’re doing here at Extra Crunch, so it gives me great pleasure to announce that today is our second anniversary. Today, Alex Wilhelm says both transportation platforms plan to reach adjusted profitability by Q4 2021. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

It’s identical to what’s happening in Africa: Less than 1% of all VC dollars went toward startups with one or more women founders last year, according to The Big Deal , which details investments in Africa. Please tell us what your company does. startups raked last year. Theories abound. Jihan Abass, founder and CEO, Lami.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

He explains how the then mostly unknown rapper made the song from a beat he bought for $30 that was created by a 19 year-old called YoungKio in the Netherlands. With just a PC, they can even co-create with people from all over the world. “A lot of the time, beatmakers only realize their market value after a song becomes popular.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

The same survey found the average number of data sources per organization is now 400 sources, and that more than 20% of companies surveyed were drawing from 1,000 or more data sources to feed their business intelligence and analytics systems. This approach helps us weather potential headwinds as we build a self-sustaining business.”

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

To summarize: “The asset management industry will become more diverse, because many owners of asset management businesses will retire in the next decade, and because the money holder class are far more diverse than the money managers who want to work for the money holders, according to a prominent figure interviewed by FWR.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have also held jobs at companies where we engaged directly with current and past customers to ask them what they wanted. Well-researched personas are useful, but nothing is better than talking to a customer if you want to understand what delights them — and what they’re willing to pay for. Walter Thompson.

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