An economics lesson for growing companies
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
Catching up from past insights
Growing companies usually require more working capital during their periods of rapid growth. In past insights we have calculated the amount of additional capital […]
How to make the most useful dashboard
By Dave Berkus, TCA Chairman emeritus
The need for real time information
From sports car to aircraft to super tanker, successful operation depends upon the pilot’s
understanding […]
Could you be your company’s bottleneck?
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels
So many tasks; so little time
As a manager, you have a number of critical tasks that are general to your position as opposed to specific to […]
Do you even know what questions to ask?
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels
Great executives and managers seem to intuitively know what they don’t know. But it is not at all uncommon to not even know what questions to […]
Reduce five risks: Increase your valuation
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels
Why five risks?
In the creation of a young company, there are five principal risks to be addressed by the entrepreneur. Professional investors will probe these five […]
Does your company have a “dirty cap table?”
By Dave Berkus, Chairman Emeritus, Tech Coast Angels
How it happens
When you seek professional investors, whether organized angels or venture capitalists, one of the early questions you are asked is “How have you financed […]