RSSCompany: Ascend Communications, Inc.
- Rob Ryan Discusses Skills Entrepreneurs Need to Make a Strong Presentation
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on Business Presentation
- Rob Ryan States Business Plan is More Important Than Financials - And Bottom Up Approach To Financials Is Better
- Rob Ryan States Bottom Up Approach To Financials Is Better
- Rob Ryan Discusses Changes in the Venture Capital World
- Rob Ryan Discusses Characteristics of Good Entrepreneurs
- Rob Ryan Shares Advice For Students That Want to Become Entrepreneurs
- Rob Ryan Discusses Difference Between First and Second Tier Venture Capital Funds
- Rob Ryan States Goal in Funding Startups is To Create a Great Company - Not Generate Wealth
- Rob Ryan Discusses Growth in Private Funding Market
- Rob Ryan Discusses Challenges of Pitching to Venture Capitalists
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on Business Plans
- Rob Ryan States Credibility Comes in Part From Where Your Funding is Derived
- Rob Ryan States Importance of Creating a Business Plan
- Rob Ryan States Still Not Many Women in the CEO Role of Startups With Which He Has Been Involved
- Rob Ryan Discusses Difference Between Startups That Should and Should Not Seek Venture Capital Funding
- Rob Ryan States Some Companies With Narrow Focus are One-Striped Zebras
- Rob Ryan States Importance of Only Pursuing One Potential Investor at a Time
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on Education and Professional Experience
- Rob Ryan Discusses Final Round Meeting with Venture Capitalist Investors
- Rob Ryan Shares Thought That VCs Have Become Serial Investors
- Rob Ryan States One of the Negative Impacts of Being an Entrepreneur Is Cost on Personal Health
- Rob Ryan States Focus Should Be Managing Company Not Managing Money
- Rob Ryan Shares Two Examples of Female Entrepreneurs Who Were Not Successful
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on Valuation Discussions
- Rob Ryan Discusses Value Propositions
- Rob Ryan Shares Concerns With Value Propositions of Internet Companies
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on What Venture Capitalist Expect From Dot Coms
- Rob Ryan Discusses Early Professional Background in Computer Networking
- Rob Ryan Discusses Formation and Growth of Ascend Communications
- Rob Ryan Discusses Becoming A Mentor For Technology Entrepreneurs
- Rob Ryan Discusses Creating Ascend Communications' Value Proposition
- Rob Ryan Discusses Market Research and Finding First Customers
- Rob Ryan Discusses Working With Customer On Product Development
- Rob Ryan Discusses Tradeoff Between Intellectual Property Protection and Customer Involvement
- Rob Ryan Discusses Personality Traits He Sought In Members of His Management Team
- Rob Ryan Discusses Challenge of Hiring High Quality Employees
- Rob Ryan Shares Major Inflection Points At Ascend Communications
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on Stress In The Life of an Entrepreneur
- Rob Ryan Discusses Sale of Ascend Communications and Decision to Retire
- Rob Ryan States Wealth, Stress and Loneliness of Job Were Biggest Surprises
- Rob Ryan Shares Thoughts on Loneliness As The Top Executive
- Rob Ryan Discusses Migration of Technology From University Setting to Commercial Setting
- Rob Ryan Discusses Challenges Facing Professors With Regards To Technology Transfer
- Rob Ryan Discusses Challenges Facing Graduate Students With Regards to Technology Transfer
- Rob Ryan Shares Example of 3-D Technology Business
- Rob Ryan Shares Example of Cornell Nanofluidics Business
- Rob Ryan States Importance of Developing a Network To Expand Learning And Experience
- Rob Ryan States Importance of Outlining An Agreement In a Mentoring Relationship
- Rob Ryan States Importance of Developing Understanding Of Marketing and Product Development
- Rob Ryan States Importance of Quantifying Value Proposition in Dollars
- Rob Ryan Discusses Importance of Understanding Value Proposition In Order To Sell Product
