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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This is going to be BIG.

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

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

His math was correct and I can hardly blame him for taking a guess at what uBeam does but every assumption that he used was wildly inaccurate. I make the case that optimism for new breakthroughs should be higher in the minds of those of us that watch from the sidelines rather than schadenfreude. ” **. Entrepreneurs.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 30, 2015

So if you think what''s going on today is a repeat of what happened 15 years ago, you may be right--but I think what you''d be right about is that " good ideas were oversold as big ideas ". Not only is it notoriously difficult to time the market, but even if you did, you''d miss out on individual winners. There are lots of those around.

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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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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

The story on Uber has been written about ad nauseam, which is why I’ve been reluctant to weigh in. It’s not just about people like me who can (and do) turn up in nearly any city in the US and immediately book a ride. It is perhaps the best new product of the past 5 years in terms of improving my professional life.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In our industry we always talk about funding big ideas or funding things with more meaning. It’s something Yves Sisteron & I have been talking about for years at Upfront Ventures. He & Yves penned this post about feeding the world’s 9 billion people. We loved the idea. With conviction.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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This is going to be BIG.

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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 25, 2020

3/ There should be term limits on board seats. That valued board member can always be asked to serve another term. What term limits do is raise the question about whether a person is the ideal board member for the company for the next few years. We wait until a company is ready to go public and then address it.

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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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Red Rocket

APRIL 30, 2025

Businesses that used to be growing are seeing declines, and businesses that used to be generating healthy profits may now be experiencing losses. Maybe your shareholders will have a longer term perspective and will not want to rock the boat in the near term, if they see a viable path to recovery in the medium term.

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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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This is going to be BIG.

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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This is going to be BIG.

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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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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