By Rob Kornblum | Interviews
Part 4 of 4: Conclusion The following is Part 4 of a 4 part interview that I did with Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of software powerhouse New Relic, Inc. Lew is a successful serial entrepreneur and New Relic is his second big hit. Rob Kornblum: Yeah. You talked a little bit about your family, and I don’t want […]
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Part 3 of 4: The following is Part 3 of a 4 part interview that I did with Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of software powerhouse New Relic, Inc. Lew is a successful serial entrepreneur and New Relic is his second big hit. Rob Kornblum: That’s great stuff. And it’s completely reinforced the other CEOs and certainly the VCs I’ve […]
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Part 2 of 4: The following is Part 2 of a 4 part interview that I did with Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of software powerhouse New Relic, Inc. Lew is a successful serial entrepreneur and New Relic is his second big hit. Lew Cirne: I want to make sure we cover, there are vast differences between the two companies […]
Continue readingBy Rob Kornblum | Guest Posts
“I quit!” There, you said it. Or you said it in your mind. You dreamed it again. You dream about starting a company and walking into your boss’s office and quitting your job. What’s stopping you? Oh, about a million things including your mortgage and putting food on the table. You’re probably thinking, “I’m not […]
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Part 1 of 4: The following is Part 1 of a 4 part interview that I did with Lew Cirne, founder and CEO of software powerhouse New Relic, Inc. Lew is a successful serial entrepreneur and New Relic is his second big hit. Rob Kornblum: Tell me a little bit about your journey to being an entrepreneur, […]
Continue readingBy Rob Kornblum | Business Development
Rob Go of Nextview Ventures had a blog piece about basic marketing for start-ups that I thought was pretty accurate and it prompted me to think about doing something similar for business development. So here goes, directed to startup founders and early stage CEOs. What is business development for startups, really? You think you should […]
Continue readingBy Rob Kornblum | Startup
Overcoming Your Startup Fears 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 “failure” […]
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