John Kogan's blog

Whither Corporate Finance

John Kogan's Profile

Corporate finance has a bad reputation at business schools. Let's work together to remedy that situation.

Whoa! What have we done to Proformative???

John Kogan's Profile

In Q4 of 2009 Proformative launched to an audience of dozens of corporate finance and accounting leaders. Since then we have picked up a few hundred thousand followers. Along the way we have done quite a bit of experimenting with the site to clearly understand and deliver what our constituency wants and needs to be more productive. We added new features, functions, layouts and content.

Are CFOs Behind the Idea of Lowering the Corporate Tax Rate?

John Kogan's Profile

The Right Reasons for Venture Debt

John Kogan's Profile

15 Top iPhone and iPad Apps for Business

John Kogan's Profile

Work faster, better and maybe even smarter with these productivity tools that once you've tried you'll wonder how you ever did business without them.

Eight Great PC Productivity Apps for Busy Professionals

John Kogan's Profile

The best software, operating systems and services for CFOs and other financial executives.

The Five Flavors of Venture Capital Funded Companies

John Kogan's Profile

Fresh after a successful round of angel and venture equity funding for Proformative, I thought I would gather some thoughts about the process. Having raised over $100M in the past decade I frequently get asked about what it’s like to raise angel investment dollars or pull together a round ...

Proformative Announces $1.1M Series A Fundraising

John Kogan's Profile

Rules for Resumes

John Kogan's Profile

Your resume is your professional calling card. Put your best foot forward. One person's "Rules for Resumes".

Lessons for Finance Executives in the BP Oil Spill

John Kogan's Profile

The BP oil spill is going to end some executive careers - take note...This is gonna hurt. BP has already lost tens of billions in market cap, they are going to lose tens of billions in cleanup, damages and legal fees, and that's not the worst of it.