Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

We recently started a series of posts on establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup companies for purposes of investment by seed and startup investors. Dave Berkus is a founding member of the Tech Coast Angels in Southern California, a lecturer and educator. He has invested in more than 70 startup ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ). it lets you sell your inventory directly and without any middle man taking fees.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Over the years, despite massive losses, Netflix was able to bounce back and improve its revenue by 47%. Even though there were several shoemakers at the time, Dassler was committed to differentiating his merchandise by asking athletes for their opinions on the options they wished in an exceeding shoe, and their impressions of his prototypes.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 2, 2020

late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. How do you spot the buggy whip trap and differentiate it from a simple business cycle slump? I found myself in the middle of such a slow-rolling change twice in my career. First, in the.

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Berkonomics

MAY 16, 2013

First, in the late 1960’s (yes, I know, a long time ago), there were 31 phonograph record manufacturing plants in Southern California alone. How do you spot the buggy whip trap and differentiate it from a simple business cycle slump? I found myself in the middle of such a slow-rolling change twice in my career.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

In this post I advocate taking a harder stand on where your product or solution differentiates in the market – even if it means you lose some deals as a result. But we do 50% of our deals in Southern California from San Diego to Santa Barbara and we think that’s part of what makes us special. Why Buy Anything ?

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Similarly, the bulk of the companies getting funding are still California-based. After Northern California and Southern California the biggest area of investment geographically was in international companies. There does seem to be some shifts on where the money is going. Add to this that 72.7% just my 2 cents.

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