Berkonomics

JANUARY 6, 2022

First, the marginal exit event: Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. This makes for some head-rubbing when attempting to calculate the return on investment with a proposed sale. and there are those accumulated dividends. …and

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Email readers, continue here.] Some potential buyers or strategic partners might want your intellectual property, or revenues, or profitability, geographic advantage, or sale force, or your employee base. You can list companies you know, have contacts within, or that fit your industry segment. Think carefully.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA. If you have a virtual company with your employees working from home locations, as many startups do, it should be the location of the founder. How many angel groups are there?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Email readers, continue here…] But what about the pause to celebrate? Not many founders or entrepreneurs do experience the success of a favorable sale of the business they dreamed would make them rich. Others are diluted by subsequent investors to the point where there was nothing for them to celebrate at all in a sale.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 31, 2019

And because there was consideration paid to you in the sale, that clause is binding upon you and is effective almost everywhere. Email readers, continue here…] How about after the two-year limitation in your non-compete agreement? Does the non-compete start anew upon the departure of each continuing employee?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 31, 2019

And because there was consideration paid to you in the sale, that clause is binding upon you and is effective almost everywhere. Email readers, continue here…] How about after the two-year limitation in your non-compete agreement? Does the non-compete start anew upon the departure of each continuing employee?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Minor decisions, such as replacing employees who have left the company or replacing equipment needing updating, are usually considered operational in nature, and unless the business is changing direction, not relevant to this test. Email readers, continue here…] Many companies find acquisitions to be a decision of “make or buy.”

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event for the early investors, including the entrepreneur or the founders. Most sophisticated investors will take either a promissory note or preferred stock, both of which come before founder or management stock in a sale or liquidation.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2011

Minor decisions, such as replacing employees who have left the company or equipment needing updating, are usually considered operational in nature, and unless the business is changing direction, not relevant to this analysis. Each decision you make to commit resources affects the future value of the business to some degree.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Email readers, continue here…] First there comes a sense of relief, knowing that you no longer need to worry over daily cash or threats to your net worth. Not many founders or entrepreneurs do experience the success of a favorable sale of the business they dreamed would make them rich. Many fail multiple times. Hit the beach.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 7, 2011

For employees, a late or missed payroll is the ultimate test of corporate loyalty, divorced even from an employee’s ability to make do without a paycheck. And it is that disconnected employee, usually one or more of the better performers, that starts looking for a job when times look bad for a company.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

If you are starting a virtual company with your employees working from home locations, as many startups do, it should be the location of the founder. Email readers, continue here.] With angel groups, you should plan of spending months in the process, from application through funding.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. We have already seen examples of founders and management obtaining liquidity in front of investors.

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I've been the technical co-founder or first tech employee at three companies in a row (I'm CEO of the fourth). Think instead about the set of capabilities the leadership at your company needs: Great network and reputation to get you intros to investors, partners, employees. For your employees? So it can be done.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Email Integration. Email marketing. Sendgrid : Need to send email out to users? They make sure that your emails never to go spam folders. Email Blasting. email blast and mgmt software.

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