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BE 2.0: Self-Correction is Vital – Recognizing When Change is Needed

Paul G. Silva

Use Pre-Mortems to See Around Corners A technique I now use religiously is the pre-mortem : Start by imagining complete failure: β€œIt’s 6-12 months from now, and our initiative has catastrophically failed.” Test Your NarrativesWithout Overreacting The stories we tell ourselves can blind us to reality.

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BE 2.0: Why Culture Matters More Than Strategy

Paul G. Silva

This clarity saved us from building an expensive system that would have worked against our culture. ” became a powerful filter for future decisionsone that every team member could use without needing executive approval. Our mentors consistently told us that our welcoming, engaging approach kept them coming back.

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BE 2.0: When Your BHAG Forces Innovation

Paul G. Silva

Instead, our board pushed us to think bigger: What would it take to truly transform our region’s economy? The results matched expert evaluations while: Reducing systemic bias Ensuring every applicant got useful feedback Reinforcing our culture of entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs Prize Money Distribution?

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

From telling compelling data-driven stories to aligning metrics with investor priorities, these approaches will equip you to present your startup’s impact in a clear and persuasive manner. It goes without saying that they’re always interested in knowing about the impact you’ll make with your initiatives.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

I opened with a clean full-screen image of the device in use, under low light, to anchor attention visually before any data appeared. The first three slides avoided text-heavy content and used pacing to build a sense of presence. I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections.

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From AI-friendly to AI-first: How Zapier is transforming hiring and onboarding

The Zapier Blog

Recently, we shared our AI adoption playbook , which showed that 89% of the Zapier team is already using AI in their daily work. But to make AI transformation truly sustainable, we have to start at the beginning: how we hire and onboard people into Zapier to build this future with us. Did it improve with a better/faster/cheaper model?

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What do Tariffs Mean for Startupland?

Tomasz Tunguz

Technology companies are 15% in Europe and 48% abroad, topping the list of international exposure. Assuming this trend is broadly true across US companies, we should expect at least uncertainty if not slowing growth or contraction in about one-third or one-half of their businesses.