First-time entrepreneur Robert Acker, CEO of Aha Mobile, shares advice on receiving advice As a first-time entrepreneur, I can relate to the first piece of advice Robert Acker, shared in his "Lessons Learned" segment. "Don’t be too persuaded by somebody because of the past success they had," said Robert, CEO of Aha Mobile, a young startup that received $3 million in financing from Venrock this past spring.Acker is a former senior marketing manager at Dash Navigations, which develops GPS-connected devices. Essentially, Aha Mobile is pretty similar in that it is leveraging mobile devices and GPS capabilities. Aha wants to make information you need while driving - like nearest gas station, coffee shop, road congestion - readily accessible. In many ways, Aha is an extension or an improvement upon Dash.  I asked him what lessons ...   [ Read more ]