Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Even if you get to talk to an investor in your network, investors tend to be cynical as heck. There is a source of powerful referrals that most people don’t know about: fellow CEOs. Leverage your network if you can, but cold-call if you must. What landmines did they find they want to warn you about?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Kavelle is most passionate about the impact she can have on students and is continuously inspired by their creativity. The YLAI Network team spoke with Kavelle on her role as a woman in STEM, overcoming hardships, and her experiences during her YLAI Fellowship. She continued to network to get the support that she needed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 2, 2023

From navigating complex regulations and securing funding to connecting with and growing a network, entrepreneurs in Vietnam face a unique set of challenges as they build their businesses: Access to capital: Securing funding for a new business can be elusive, particularly for startups.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Franc.World aims to change this narrative by opening the doors to conversations about self-discovery and future career paths at a younger age through their multimedia offering that includes books, documentaries and podcasts. As an example, only 3 percent of venture capital funding went to all-female-founded startups in 2022.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 11, 2022

Facebook had spent about a decade competing and winning the social networking market and then Apple launched the iPhone and new mobile social networks like Instagram emerged that both threatened Facebook’s existing dominance and also presented new large opportunities in social networking.

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Source Link

MAY 5, 2021

The affiliates that joined the conversation in March wanted to learn more about engaging with the resource partners in their network, so SourceLink® set aside time in April to continue the conversation and address unanswered questions. According to Tiffany Nixon from NetWork Kansas , engagement should start at the local level.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

To learn more about the MyEO DealExchange DX22 event, we asked Alan Peterson (EO Orange County), champion of the MyEO DealExchange premier group, about the DX22 event. I wanted to learn everything I could about the business of buying, growing, and selling businesses. What is the Needs and Leads Speed Networking event?

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Identifying and connecting the resources in one central network makes it easier for entrepreneurs of all types to find assistance for the hurdles they face. Cultivate an inclusive network with culturally competent support. If they don’t have access to networks of support, they might not move forward with their business idea.

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Source Link

MARCH 30, 2022

While those tips are still relevant, the pandemic and heightened awareness about the importance of building equitable and inclusive ecosystems has surfaced new challenges. Here are some additional recommendations for empowering your network in 2022. Who is missing from your network? Make your ecosystem inclusive.

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Source Link

JUNE 8, 2021

With the July 12 application deadline fast approaching, we wanted to address a few frequently asked questions about the program and funding opportunity. The SBA Community Navigator framework includes a lead nonprofit partner who can serve as a hub for the entrepreneurial community and the network building efforts.

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Source Link

APRIL 1, 2022

Johanna Cook, SourceLink communication specialist, shared results from the SourceLink Affiliate Engagement Survey recently conducted to learn more about affiliate preferences for communication. For more information about becoming a SourceLink affiliate and joining our conversations contact Dara Macan at dmacan@joinsourcelink.com.

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Source Link

MARCH 29, 2021

While it appears the SBA will be applying this approach to the existing SBA-funded national network such as SBDCs, SCORE and Women Business Centers, the announcement indicates a new funding opportunity will soon open for states, tribes, units of local governments and other nonprofit organizations.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 16, 2024

My partner Marc saw the new world coming and wrote about it in 2011 in a piece called, “Software is Eating the World.” More importantly, founders building AI foundation models need an entirely different set of networks and capabilities than founders building biotech therapies. What he predicted then came true.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

At Rise of the Rest, we’ve spent years traversing the country, spotlighting emerging startup hubs, and building a network of entrepreneurial champions and ecosystem builders beyond Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. Rail Network : Atlanta offers access to both Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Make noise about things that matter to you. When your values are challenged, do something about it. Think about it. The best advice she ever gave me, though, was to join the EO to build my leadership skills and my support network. I knew nothing about running a business and had no management experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 29, 2024

We asked attendees of EO@INSEAD 2024 about their experience. Lindsay Rogers “A surprising insight was learning about influencing both the actual team and management simultaneously during change processes.” —Torsten Oppermann “The course challenged me to reflect deeply on my leadership style, strengths, and areas for improvement.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The concept of building networks of support, or what has sometimes been referred to as, forging “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, has been a key focus for many advancing the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship will be the future of not just our recovery- but the necessary inclusive pathway for economic advancement and wealth building for all.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 8, 2024

The personal one is “I have focused my career on investing in blockchain networks. What Chris calls Blockchain Networks, I call Web3. What Blockchain Networks have unlocked is the ability to own things on the web. I asked Chris why he wrote the book and he had two answers, one personal and one practical. You can own your money.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2023

Unfortunately, gender bias has made it difficult for women entrepreneurs like me to secure funding, build professional networks, and balance various day-to-day responsibilities. Build a Strong Network One of the most significant factors that contributed to my success was building a strong network.

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In Part I of this article we talked about the challenges and responsibilities General Partners face. Now let's focus on the time required for networking and fund affiliations.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

Company formerly known as Semi-Stow Expanding its Network of Secure Fleet Yards AUSTIN, TX and SEATTLE, WA – April 23, 2024 – Outpost ( www.outpost.us ), a leading network of managed semi-truck parking facilities, today announced that it has raised $12.5 Outpost’s funding comes as the nation’s 3.5

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 5, 2024

The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, a global education non-profit, does just that—exposing middle school, high school, and postsecondary students to entrepreneurship via its nationally run education program. “We

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 10, 2024

In addition to passing legislation that makes living organ donation more accessible, Dave is passionate about getting the word out about living organ donation. In addition, Dave will be interviewed about living organ donation. When visualizing, Dave noted that clarity is key: Be specific about what you want to achieve.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Thank you to our fantastic panelists Preston Langley ( Launch Network ), Cameron Cushman and Marco Johnson ( Sparkyard ), Denisse Rodríguez and Natalia Alicea Morales ( Colmena66 ) and Kyle Coogler ( IASourceLink ), and hats off to the Global Entrepreneurship Network on facilitating another successful GEW.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 11, 2021

I’ve always thought the opening would be at the intersection of gaming, online communities, and social networks. The opening is emerging around NFT experiences, something we’ve been excited about for quite a while now. That’s why I wrote about it on Friday. And there is running room. PartyBid is cool.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 24, 2024

Palo Alto Networks’ customers who buy security across 3 platforms spend more than 40x those that secure just one. ” - Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks The average enterprise uses upwards of 70 security products. Our partner Andy wrote in greater depth about our vision for the company here.

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Gust

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In reality, there are few secrets about the investment world, including the world of startups. But there are some little-known truths that serious startup investors (both angels and venture capitalists) take for granted, and to which most people—including entrepreneurs themselves—are oblivious.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

01:07] Social networks as compliment to AI [03:59] Poe: bringing AI to the masses [05:51] The future of AI is multi-model and multimodal [08:11] Is the model the product? [11:31] And meanwhile, I just watched social networking start to boom. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 28, 2024

Here we’ve pulled out several instructional lessons for startups, as well as posed a few questions about issues that you should be thinking about. The data and news brought all of the appropriate users onto the terminal and created a network effect lock-in that rivals any other social network.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 2, 2023

as USD leads in bolstering values-driven free enterprise by supporting an enduring network of entrepreneurs, partners, sponsors, and investors.” The participating accredited investors gain good deal flow, become part of a network of investors and have an opportunity to refine their own decision-making around investing.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

Register Sony Network Communications, a subsidiary of the renowned Japanese tech and entertainment giant, has invested $3.5 As part of this collaboration, Jun Watanabe, President and Representative Director of Sony Network Communications, has joined Startale Labs as a director. million in Startale Labs, a promising web3 startup.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2023

SimSpace, a startup that creates digital replicas of organizations’ tech and networking stacks for cybersecurity training, has raised $45 million in a funding round led by L2 Point Management.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

The initial research papers date back to 2018, but for most, the notion of liquid networks (or liquid neural networks) is a new one. It was “Liquid Time-constant Networks,” published at the tail end of 2020, that put the work on other researchers’ radar. Everyone talks about scaling up their network,” Hasani notes. “We

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

So now when you go to costplusdrugs.com, write that down, costplusdrugs.com, it’s a good name, and you put in the name of your medication, we’ve got about 2,450 right now, and that number’s growing every day, the drug will come up, and you’ll see our cost. We also have a retail network we’re building right now.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

You might think networking is about flattering other people. Networking is about you , your future, and everything you need to get your business connected at the next level. That’s why we’ve made sure that TechCrunch Early Stage in Boston on April 20 is all about you, the early-stage founder. That’s a good thing.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

IonQ , the trapped ion quantum computing company that went public via a SPAC in late 2021, today announced that it has acquired Entangled Networks , a Toronto-based startup that helps industrial and academic users build and optimize multi-quantum-processor solutions, using specialized networking techniques.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This event will also help startup companies enter the global market, gain marketing information, and network with other companies. It covers and interviews startup companies, distributes articles about these companies in English, and even produces video content about them.

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