Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 28, 2025

Jim Collins explains why: it’s not just about luckit’s about being ready for it and knowing what to do when it arrives. A Real Story: When Product Success Seems Like Luck Let me share a story about luck and persistence from our own experience. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). In BE 2.0,

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

That prediction obviously turned out pretty wrong, but it did drum up a whole lot of chatter about the right ingredients for building a startup community—about New York vs Boston on the East Coast and whether cities like Austin and Seattle would ever break through. First, you have to ask yourself what the desired outcome is.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Think about how much more value was created for all these constituencies (and society) by Snap staying independent vs. Here is his post that covers the topic.  —  @jasonlk How the Long Game Has Benefitted Upfront I was thinking about it this morning in particular and thinking about my own personal investment history.

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MAY 2, 2025

Here are a few things to remember about these events: When it comes to demo days, its unlikely that youre going to show up to the main event and see a top quality company whose round isnt largely spoken for. Promise them some good deal flow, of course. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more.

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Dream It

JULY 12, 2021

This companion post will better explain startup funding by covering the interplay of SAFEs, convertible notes, terms, and equity. Be clear on the basic terms & key items of notes & SAFEs Before we can start talking about how to set the terms, including cap, let’s quickly review some definitions related to convertible notes and SAFEs.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 28, 2022

But this post is not about that. It is about how a VC can compete and win a deal that many others want. Don’t issue exploding term sheets. Don’t put no shops into your term sheets. 5) Make your offer in person and don’t do it via a term sheet. Talk about the strategy issues facing the company.

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 21, 2025

It’s not just about hitting targets; it’s about giving your team a purpose they can believe in. But that vision did something powerful it made us think bigger at every step. ” Six years later, we were named us one of America’s top 100 startup accelerators. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 10, 2021

Becoming a successful entrepreneur is all about working on and developing an entrepreneurial attitude by making certain shifts in the way that you think. You have to embrace failure and learn from your mistakes, be open to feedback, and use each opportunity as a chance to improve. You get to do such cool things for work.”

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 8, 2025

One of the lessons that I learned about startups was you can move quickly alone, but you can move fast further as a team, Godby said. One of the lessons that I learned about startups was you can move quickly alone, but you can move fast further as a team, Godby said.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Many entrepreneurs aim to create businesses that succeed in the short term but also have the growth potential to scale and thrive in the long run. For example, consider cloud computing services that allow you to store and access data securely without worrying about hardware limitations.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This worked great in terms of delivering value to startupsbut there was a major problem: It took an enormous amount of time to organize. This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). This principle is a core part of how the best companies innovate. The result?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Dan’s ultimate goal is to scale the business for a lucrative exit in about five years. VCs want to learn the total available market and see evidence that you can grow your startup into a US$1-10 million (or more) revenue business. Angel investors want to see that you’re thinking about long-term potential.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. The later stage East Coast-style investors have also been known to insert onerous liquidation preferences into deal terms.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Creating the perfect pitch deck isnt about making a visually appealing presentation; its about telling a compelling story that resonates with investors. Without this, the long-term prospects of a business idea are fleeting. Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions.

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Dream It

MARCH 28, 2020

Explore these solutions by using the buttons below. Biomeme has a number of systems using their platform for air sampling and COVID-19 testing. Biomeme’s test for COVID-19 should receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization shortly (last updated March 28, 2020). Testing & Diagnostics. Clinical Workflows. Patient Engagement.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 18, 2020

For example, in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed the following recommendations, among many others: • Protecting manufacturing workers • Cleaning and disinfecting community facilities • Reopening buildings after an extended closure. Those that don’t are risking extinction. Infection Basics.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 7, 2021

We are living in an unprecedented period of economic transformation and this is a chance for us all to be thoughtful about how these newly infused funds will be used to benefit underserved small businesses in our local communities, long-term. For the better part of the last decade, our field has greatly evolved.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2021

Chances are strong that you used the pandemic as an opportunity to reset your business and redefine success. If you’re not sure how detached your staffers are, Vega Factor has a survey you can use to measure engagement.) Remind everyone about your organization’s BHAG (short for “Big Hairy Audacious Goal”).

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MAY 13, 2019

Using the proliferation of newly GPS-enabled mobile devices to enable taxi hailing and beat out stagnant incumbent providers was always going to be a big win for consumers. Had it been built differently, it could have been a better company and honestly I’d like to believe maybe even a more valuable one in the long term.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Fintech startup Parafin innovatively tackles this challenge through its embedded finance infrastructure used by partners such as DoorDash, Amazon, and others. The teams success comes from Parafins single integration of a full suite of financial products into clients platforms that are customized for use by their small business sellers.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

SourceLink Ne braska is now a statewide platform that anyone can use to search for nonprofit, education, and government resources related to entrepreneurship, economic and community development. “We This platform works when our partners are engaged with the tool and use it to reveal and enhance the amazing services that they provide.”.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They use pricing as an offensive tool to reinforce their product’s value and underscore the company’s core marketing message. Maximization (Revenue Growth) - maximize revenue growth in the short term. The very best companies lead their customers in that dance. Expensify, Netsuite, New Relic, Slack follow this model.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

My general take is that it’s far worse than it used to be in terms of engagement and some people have for sure abandoned it—but it still really doesn’t have a replacement when it comes to timely events like news or sports. It’s also still very useful for connecting to people directly by replying. Audio/video vs writing?

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APRIL 13, 2022

Whenever I submit a term sheet, I always caveat it by saying the following: “This is the one time we’re completely misaligned. I mean trusting what each one brings to the table—and being honest about the process of earning that trust and what it means to having a productive relationship. Founders seem to get that.

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

About 30% of the neurons in the brain are dedicated to vision, compared to only 8% for touch and 2% for hearing. According to the founders, properties using the VirtualAPT content have seen over 300 percent increase for new building lease-ups. million seed round in 2017, uses DSLR cameras and computer vision to create 3D experiences.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Pick Two Rule is a big reason why I have never liked the term work-life balance and instead prefer the concept of work-life integration. We also need to view the Pick Two Rule from both short-term and long-term perspectives. . Beyond those short-term variations, we also need to be cognizant of our long-term choices.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2020

When it comes to financial goals, most of us know what we would ideally like to reach, but not many of us know how to set a specific financial trajectory for a frontier we have not yet pioneered. What about the next year? What about the next year? Short-term (less than five years). Long-term (10 years or more).

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

These are the first marketing images of an upcoming movie that I star in with my daughter Mirren about an aging superhero that is absolutely too old for this s**t that winds up having to save some mystical star child. Or, it’s just what “generative AI” does with a series of uploaded images of the two of us if given some creative prompting.

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

We’ve seen stories every day about the creative ways people are integrating ChatGPT into their personal and professional lives, making this winter feel reminiscent of the launch of the first online chat rooms or the introduction of the iPhone. Suddenly, we will all have a personal travel concierge at our fingertips.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It is hard to know when you’ve reached the bottom and can start buying again, but if you think about a ten or twenty-year hold, then it becomes a bit easier. The Gotham Gal and I buy and build a fair bit of real estate on the side and we generally use a “cap rate” of between 5 and 10 when we acquire and develop real estate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2024

It was the subject of his TEDx talk, What Do Airplane Wings Teach Us About Life Balance? Learn more about Ethan’s brilliant method and how to apply it to your journey. Be intentional about spending time regularly with your family and friends so personal relationships will thrive. That’s an alarming statistic.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Your entire process should be about “testing” whether your prospect has Interest Authority to make a decision Budget Is willing to continue spending actual time with you and analyzing you. If an investor isn’t engaging then they’re not suddenly going to get a term sheet. In sales there are also three rules: Qualify, qualify, qualify.

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MAY 26, 2022

“Personal Branding” The term is fingernails on a chalkboard-level cringe for many of the best founders—mostly because it feels most of the people who spend time building their personal brand don’t actually have much there there behind it. How’s anyone supposed to figure this stuff out about you? That’s just not how it works.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2021

One marketing trend you’ve likely heard of is the use of animated videos—and videos in general. And its use and effectiveness are likely going to increase with time. The use of animated videos in marketing hit an all-time high in 2021. Trends in marketing come and go—causing a burden of uncertainty that torments every marketer.

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