by Rob Kornblum | Aug 29, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Personal
I think all entrepreneurs face real fears when thinking about starting a new business. Fear that your small business won’t work. Fear that you’ll work so hard and have nothing to show for it. Fear of what it might be like trying to find a job again. Fear of explaining...
by Rob Kornblum | Aug 18, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Can entrepreneurship be taught? I certainly hope so. I have an MBA in entrepreneurship. But there are lots of people who will tell you it cannot, who think the traits of an entrepreneur are innate. And certainly come of them are– risk taking, creativity,...
by Rob Kornblum | Jul 25, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
I was working with a group of entrepreneurs this week on their pitches for a “demo day” showcase of startups. One company, started by a smart MBA/engineer has made good progress. He has a good idea, a solid MVP solution (perhaps more than that), a beta...
by Rob Kornblum | May 30, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized, Venture Capital
I had the pleasure of attending a daylong symposium at Dartmouth College last week, Dartmouth Ventures. One of the panels featured these prominent VCs speaking about “Financing 102- After a Seed Round.” Ned Hill, Managing Director- Mercury Fund Steve Bloch, General...
by Rob Kornblum | Oct 30, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Internet, mobile, SaaS, Venture Capital
This is a follow up to my prior post ‘Do you need a Financial Plan to Raise Seed Capital?’ I had a number of entrepreneurs ask me what I meant when I described investors wanting to see that the entrepreneur understands the levers of their business....
by Rob Kornblum | Oct 22, 2013 | Business Development, Entrepreneurship, Internet, Strategy
Most people familiar with early stage companies understand the concept of “growth hacking.” If you’re not, you can see one definition here but basically it refers to creative uses of product design and data to enable users to discover, use, and share...
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