Ken Rother

Entrepreneur in Residence * Cornell Entrepreneurship Lecturer * Venture Partner * Director Hardware Accelerator * Co-founder * Product Designer * Maker

[Rev: Ithaca Startup Works @revIthaca]

🗣️ Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is excited to present a Rev Content Session featuring Andrea Ippolito, CEO and Founder of SimpliFed, on June 21st from 9:30 to 10:30 AM.

Register today! 🖇️ https://t.co/qKtGn5JqbF

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@seanpk What about revenues?

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@MattBruenig Seriously?

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

Could be the best $44b ever spent, given the $56b payout

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Please take a moment to vote your Tesla shares before the annual meeting on Thursday.

Lmk in comments if you encounter any issues.

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@BillAckman @politico You seem like a smart guy, are you ok with the guy who made money every time the secret service had to book rooms at his golf course or foreign heads of state stayed at his hotel? What about the $$$ the last guys kids received. I sure hope you know what you’re doing.

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@KiwiDenny Maybe just maybe, and hear me out, management actually have at least half a brain. Maybe they do know outputs drive outcomes but from a time frame perspective outputs can be seen as a leading indicator of outcomes.

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@BillAckman @GovRonDeSantis Bill, you can do better. 1.2M followers comes with some amount of responsibility.

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@nunzi46 @CapitalAlso I just might

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@WillBruey @khoslaventures Yes but what are you flying?

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@nunzi46 @firstround @DormRoomFund @caffeinatedcap Wish I was younger but probably wouldn't have made the cut

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@mikekarnj Love it, how would you define the ideal customer ?

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

Anyone else seeing pitch after pitch of solutions that could be accomplished with a decent #AI #prompt ?

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@andrewdsouza Advice is useful if the advisor has specific domain knowledge. What really helps is giving entrepreneurs tools so they can make their own decisions.

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@mikekarnj Maybe add “teach”

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@KiwiDenny Agree, artist needs to deeply understand the medium they are working with

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

@asanwal 1.5 feels very high on the equity side. I would say .2 to .5. Before A round no cash, after A round agree $2k-5k / qtr but obviously contribution matters

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

Customer Discovery quiz, let’s say you are looking into the bandaid market. Which is the better question?
A) what features would you like to see in a new bandaid?
B) what problems do you have when using current bandaids?

Hint the answer is B

#Entrepreneurship #customerdiscovery

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

The not so invisible hand of the market

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Ron DeSantis runs on the "freedom" platform while he takes your freedoms away.

Today he banned the sale of lab-grown meat in the state of Florida.

Do people not realize that this is the future. I've never tasted lab-grown meat before in my life, by why take this freedom away if it's deemed safe?

[Ken Rother @ken_rother]

You know you are a nerd when the first thing that comes to mind is Unix/Linux

[eCornell @ecornell_online]

From prototype to production, hear the #tips + tricks for bringing your #product to market in this new episode of the Cornell Keynotes podcast with @ken_rother, director at @revIthaca, a program by @Cornell's Center for Regional Economic Advancement.🔧✨ https://t.co/yA720jResJ