Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 22, 2024

What follows are sets of problems most of us face, along with how to use generative AI to increase our productivity, quality-of-work, and approach. He explained how AI can process vast amounts of customer data to identify patterns and segments that would take traditional research teams months to uncover.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

For our skincare brand, we made a deliberate choice to lead with both performance and purpose. Our core metrics weren’t just about revenue growth; they included sustainable packaging adoption, customer retention from values-driven campaigns, and influencer-led conversions tied to inclusivity narratives.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Several people suggested building a complex database to track our mentors’ expertise, making it easier to match them with entrepreneurs who needed specific help. But our board chairman asked a simple question: “Is filling out forms fun?” Worse, it might annoy our mentors and reduce their future involvement.

culture 130

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

”He offers that bleak insight, having founded two of the most successful companies of our time, Tesla and SpaceX. Assemble a Strong and Talented Team Steve Jobs offers another quote about the importance of having the right people around you. They’re done by a team of people.”

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Our vision is ultimately to build a gas station on Mars while producing clean, fossil-free energy on Earth along the way,” said CEO Mattison. This funding allows us to move toward mass commercialization of our technology, creating a fossil-free world with abundant high-density energy.”

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energy entrepreneurship sustainability technology 97

Paul G. Silva

MARCH 11, 2025

When Leaders Grow, Teams Follow In BE 2.0 , Jim Collins emphasizes a powerful truth: organizations can only grow as much as their leaders do. When they resist change, their teams inevitably stagnate. Our board chairman called me in for a conversation. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). But hearing that you need to grow is one thing.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Unfortunately, the cutting-edge has historically been the exclusive domain of large ML engineering teams. When we first met the team at Cake, it was incredible to see the number of customers deeply engaged with their solution. Herscus background in deploying innovative technology runs deep.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Instead, our board pushed us to think bigger: What would it take to truly transform our region’s economy? We jumped to 30 startups that first year5x our previous capacity!!! Our innovation: Each judge got their own pool of money to invest however they wanted. What “impossible” goal is your team pursuing?

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Fund’s team values the unique experience that veterans bring to startup ventures. Our investors see the value in veteran-led businesses that tackle complex challenges with resilience and precision,” says Sutton.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

One of our cohort told me, ‘you’re fascinating, you think differently from anyone else I’ve met’.” Our way of thinking is shaped by our experiences. The programme is facilitated by a team of highly experienced directors who share their experiences, facilitate discussions and work through challenging board scenarios.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Since we launched Parafin, our mission has been to empower small businesses with financial services. 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. This has historically hindered small business growth.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

who believe in our mission of bridging cultures. To the latter, the venture arms of DJ Steve Aoki and actor Simu Liu co-led our most recent round and both Steve and Simu have been extremely helpful behind the scenes as we build more distribution. So in many ways, I think it’s healthier for everyone that the lines have been re-drawn.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 20, 2025

Structured, validated data pipelines that technical teams can rely on—with 95%+ accuracy across even degraded scans. We built Extend to change that—delivering state-of-the-art accuracy out of the box, letting teams go from prototype to production in days instead of months.” The result?

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 24, 2025

“We believe that AI should be used as a force for good, and this funding allows us to expand our mission: to make the digital world safer for everyone.” Fueling Expansion and Innovation Scamnetic plans to use its new funding to scale operations, with a focus on enhancing its marketing, sales, and customer support teams.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our mission is to help our customers solve their challenges by making our platform more innovative, transparent, and secure. The proceeds from this raise will speed up our efforts to drive financial inclusion and support Africa’s entrepreneurial potential.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

However, we struggled to capture SMB and mid-sized enterprises, leaving a gap for competitors using a Product-Led Growth (PLG) approach to chip away at our market. Our sales and marketing costs were also quite high. We tried to compete, investing a million dollars in enabling self-serve products and revamping our GTM playbook.

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Companies in our portfolio are tackling supply chain and logistic challenges, making healthy food options more widely available, innovating in the retail and consumer space, disrupting the healthcare system, leading the way in digital sports and entertainment, and more. Based in Washington, D.C., Take Detroit, for example.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The startup’s platform was quickly embraced by marketing agencies and in-house teams. The startup has been embraced by marketing agencies and in-house teams who are now building AI-growth as a core competency. The power of AI is unfolding across industries. Such early success gained the support of investors, raising $15.5

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 28, 2025

Understanding Luck in Business Ever notice how some teams seem to “get lucky” more often than others? A Real Story: When Product Success Seems Like Luck Let me share a story about luck and persistence from our own experience. That project became our most successful product ever. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0).

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 21, 2025

Think of vision as your organization’s North Star it guides your team, especially when times get tough. It’s not just about hitting targets; it’s about giving your team a purpose they can believe in. Our vision worked because it wasn’t just words on paper it pushed us to keep improving.

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Revolution

JANUARY 27, 2025

At this years Bark Tank Pitch Competition , eight teams took the stage to pitch their ventures to a panel of expert judges, competing for a record $150,000 in prizes. Each team represents what makes entrepreneurship so powerful: the ability to see problems as opportunities and use technology to create solutions that drive realimpact.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

During our Series A round, I replaced traditional bar graphs with dynamic visuals that investors could manipulate during the presentation. I’ll never forget presenting to a particularly skeptical VC who kept questioning our projections. They could test their own assumptions and see the resilience of our business model firsthand.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Unknown Those three quotes help set the stage for our playbook that delves into the core components of the entrepreneurial mindset. Even with those important traits, external factors such as market timing, team dynamics, and even luck play a role in the journey. Creates resilience Helps entrepreneurs navigate uncertainty and failures.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 25, 2025

Through the program, we homed in on our ideal customer, sharpened our pitch, and built relationships that unlocked real growth opportunities,” Kemi Olunloyo, Co-Founder & CEO of ProBound, said. Two additional teams, First Americans Marketplace Exchange (FAME) and Colorchain, participated in cohort 3 but did not pitch at Demo Day.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To address the insider threat and secure the telco customers data, our DRS client turned to us. Our team had been developing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to enable continuous encryption and end-to-end data protection. Accomplishing this for our customer was a pivotal moment for the company.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

Security teams benefit from a secure-by-design architecture that prevents data leaks and defends against sophisticated threats. Our customers input has been invaluable to securing their sensitive data, eliminating IT inefficiencies, and making IT work best for end users.

hospitality 93

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Jason Malki

JUNE 6, 2025

Proven ability to lead high-performing teams, drive operational excellence, and improve startup outcomes across sectors and regions. One challenge, especially at our stage (late seed through Series B), is seeing through momentum signals and getting clarity on real traction versus manufactured buzz.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We believe that this is just the beginning, and we look forward to backing the next wave of startups that will shape our state’s future.” Reaching the $100 million mark reflects the dedication of our team and the robust support of Oklahoma’s innovation ecosystem. For more information, visit i2E.org and plainsvc.com.

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Revolution

MAY 12, 2025

In 2016, after I wrote my book The Third Wave (a title that paid homage to Toffler, and talked about the way in which the Internet was revolutionizing major sectors of our society), the number one question I got was: Whats the Fourth Wave, Steve? We partnered (with telecoms, media, and tech firms) to expand our reach.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 2, 2024

. “Building voice agents that can converse like humans and autonomously handle complex tasks is no easy feat, and I’m immensely proud of what our team has achieved.” PlayAI’s text-to-speech models have been incredibly valuable to our Agentic Phone Rep,” said Keith Fearon, Head of Growth at 11x, customer of PlayAI.

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