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...
by Rob Kornblum | Oct 8, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Internet, Personal
I am a first time founder & CEO, but I am not new to the world of tech companies. However, even with my…ahem…decades of experience, I am amazed at the volume of learning I am managing on a weekly basis. Being a startup founder is for you if you love to...
by Rob Kornblum | Sep 23, 2013 | Entrepreneurship, Internet, Personal, Venture Capital
I recently went through a low point, a crisis of confidence in our startup’s plan, the team, and myself. Anyone who has been through startups knows that this happens in the seed phase, often multiple times. (As an aside, I am amazed at how few people admit it. ...
by Rob Kornblum | Sep 19, 2013 | Internet, mobile, SaaS, Strategy
Yesterday brought news that Microsoft is raising its dividend by over 20% and allocating $40B of its cash horde to buy back its own stock. Rational stock market investors and business school graduates will probably applaud the move. Generally speaking, it is better...
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