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 | Aug 16, 2013 | Social media, Uncategorized
In the last week, we have seen 2 major newspaper companies, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, acquired by wealthy business people. John Henry in the case of the Boston Globe and Jeff Bezos with The Washington Post. The revenue declines, struggles to retain...
by Rob Kornblum | Nov 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Basketball season is upon us. I am a big basketball fan and I also coach my kids’ teams, so I am pretty attuned to the change of sports seasons. As both a coach and a fan of the college and pro games, I am pretty psyched. As a coach, I am starting to think about what...
by Rob Kornblum | Jun 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Is it Morning or Evening? In the last few weeks, two VCs that I respect have published blog posts with vastly different views of the start-up world. On the optimistic side, Mark Suster, General Partner at GRP Partners, argues that “It’s morning in Venture Capital.” On...
by Rob Kornblum | Aug 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
With total apologies to Don McLean and complete recognition of the hyperbole of the title, I am quite sad that WBCN died this week. The station was dying a long slow inevitable death for the last decade since its purchase by radio conglomerate CBS. This matters to me...
by Rob Kornblum | Jun 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
I think most of us know the parable of the frog & the scorpion. If you don’t, the quick summary is that the scorpion asks the frog for a ride across the stream. The frog, afraid of being killed by the scorpion, initially rejects the scorpions request. The...
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