Rob Ryan earned national attention when he grew his 1989 start-up company, Ascend Communications, Inc., to more than $500 million in sales by 1995. Lucent Technologies acquired Ascend in 1999 for $23 billion, in what was termed at the time, the "largest technology merger ever."
Back surgery sidelined Ryan from Ascend in June of 1995, but soon after his recovery he reinvented himself as a "boot camp mentor" at his Montana ranch and began helping budding high-tech entrepreneurs formulate winning business plans and teaching them how to sell their ideas. Since Entrepreneur America began, Ryan has counseled dozens of aspiring entrepreneurs and as a result, 18 companies have been founded and mentored by his organization. Three of those companies rose to billion-dollar valuations.
Ryan received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
I hate big long written business plans. I tend to like...because I think about the real world...people don't have enormous attention span or amount of time to spend on your ideas. So what I tend to...first I'll ask my entrepreneurs or want-to-be entrepr...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Rob Ryan States Business Plan is More Important Than Financials - And Bottom Up Approach To Financials Is Better
Rob Ryan States Business Plan is More Important Than Financials - And Bottom Up Approach To Financials Is Better
Rob Ryan States Goal in Funding Startups is To Create a Great Company - Not Generate Wealth
Rob Ryan States Goal in Funding Startups is To Create a Great Company - Not Generate Wealth
Rob Ryan States Still Not Many Women in the CEO Role of Startups With Which He Has Been Involved
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 Discusses Difference Between Startups That Should and Should Not Seek Venture Capital Funding
Rob Ryan States One of the Negative Impacts of Being an Entrepreneur Is Cost on Personal Health
