Paul G. Silva

MARCH 19, 2020

The River Valley Investors angel group just ran our first virtual meeting today. In case anything we learned can be valuable, below is a copy of a blog post we just published on our blog showing what we did to make it work. Setup to best re-create in-person meeting. Meeting start & entrepreneur presentation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

Many startup incubators and accelerators are funded by large multinational corporations who induct startups that align only with their own agendas. The post Next Level Entrepreneurship: Investing in a New Generation of Startups appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Meetings with state officials and experts followed. High on my agenda is employment generation and entrepreneurship creation. My basic strategy to take MSKVIB forward is the 3 S Agenda: skilling, scaling and selling. The post The EO Effect appeared first on THE BLOG. A detailed presentation to the Minister was made.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2017

Many board meetings are bored meetings. Management teams whisk through slides trying to get through a presentation to share how great things are going and they are eager to get through the meeting so they can get back to their real jobs. Yesterday I wrote a blog post about what the role of a board actually is.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Partly out of the fact that in 1 week I depart for England to speak at LeWeb, attend our DataSift board meeting and generally make myself available to the DataSift team to meet their customers, partners and employees. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Email updates frequently.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

From using listicle blogs for high-value traffic to maximizing content accessibility and reach, these experts share their most effective tactics to achieve marketing goals. You can also create blogs for alternative tools. This strategy has proven to be a hit and has earned us featured snippets or top positions in SERP.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 1, 2020

As a business leader, you’ve probably mastered the art of hosting a meeting in person. While many smart policies carry over from in-office to online meetings, there are distinct tips that apply only to the virtual realm. Here are the top do’s and don’ts of video meetings. Focus on the meeting. The choices seem endless.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 2, 2023

Meeting transcription software is almost a non-negotiable these days. With the power of AI, having transcripts of your calls opens up a world of possibilities—think: automatically creating meeting summaries and action items. Once you connect your (Google or Microsoft) calendar, you can see which meetings are coming up.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda. In fact, I’d observe that most board meetings don’t on this important topic. I call this process “ triangulation ” and highlighted it that blog post I wrote on the topic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Most professionals dread meetings not only because they typically last too long, but also because they feel pointless and tend to hijack other priorities. He shares how to take your team’s meetings from “level 4” to “level 10.”. We know how maddening, frustrating and, yes, boring meetings are at many organizations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. And for the last few evenings I decided to get through email rather than blog. It was interesting for me to read Fred Wilson’s email bankruptcy blog post this morning. Many days I have a breakfast meeting, back-to-back meetings all day and then an evening event.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2019

” The group deconstructs the question into their own agenda of topics, covering considerations like: “What are the infrastructure and technology changes we have to adopt now to achieve that kind of growth?,” “What adjacencies should we enter? They’d won a few industry awards. They refer to the experience as “an inflection point.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2019

As a certified meeting professional (CMP) and the CEO of Special D Events , a national business event management agency, Galle knows what it takes to design a meeting or event for proper networking. Complete the post-event surveys you receive and, if you don’t receive them, contact the meeting planner directly.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 1, 2020

2020: Babson Collaborative Webinar Series, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Challenges, Perspectives & Research agenda, Hosted by TBS (March 3rd, Toulouse). My needs-to-be-updated blog is at www.bit.ly/NKblog2a ” (#18303, August, Vancouver ). Learn more at [link]. NKblog2a and the posts there will give you deeper insights.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 12, 2016

In addition to the various perspectives on business operations and financing, I was also very interested in the ongoing (and perhaps growing) discussion over Shark Kevin O’Leary’s constant drumbeat that businesses should not have social agendas and should solely focus on delivering value to shareholders. The post Quick Takes on the Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 8, 2019

This means purposefully fostering a culture that makes it safe to speak—and walking the talk at every meeting. Your company can’t succeed if your leadership team is made up of individual kingdoms and agendas. Start implementing these steps at your next leadership team meeting. Agree to the Agreement. Use a Proven System.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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OurCrowd

MAY 26, 2022

Here in Davos, two major issues dominate the agenda at the World Economic Forum: the rapid acceleration of climate change and the threat of global inflation-starvation, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The post Newsletter: Oprah’s smart oven + Kim Kardashian’s taste appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Learn Mo re.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 5, 2019

So, I called on our chapter to meet that evening at a brewery owned by David that we frequented. We had no agenda—we just wanted to be together. The post From Heartbreak Comes Purpose appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. None of us knew how to act. It was somber.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2013

I cannot fathom a world in which we don’t have a shared agenda to restrict the types of guns & bullets that are legally on our streets. If you didn’t see his interview on Meet the Press shortly after Sandy Hook please watch it here. I’ve installed a badge to the right on my blog. I am pro gun control.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2010

.&# OK, they’re known as conference “whores&# but that sounded too harsh for a blog post. It can be magnetic being at conferences especially when you’re on a panel, you’re invite to a speakers’ dinner, you’re getting to meet so many new people and you’re getting so much attention.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I also use several living Google docs to maintain the minutes and the group agendas for my fixed weekly meetings. is a virtual assistant which can coordinate your fundraising and other meetings. See their blog post on multiples.). I’ve used Asana extensively to manage activities firm-wide. 4) Originate investments.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

I also use several living Google docs to maintain the minutes and the group agendas for my fixed weekly meetings. I use Calendly for scheduling; another option is X.ai, a virtual assistant which can coordinate your fundraising and other meetings. See their blog post on multiples.).

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

And I got too much on my agenda to be able to go watch your class all day. But this particular episode was about how he took all of his blog about passing the architecture licensing exam and he put his … He had documented his process, how he studied and passed it. She got some people reading her blog. Ramon Ray: Perfect.

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A Smart Bear

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Agendas are optional and sometimes even counterproductive. There are not enough blogs or books about this phase; often leaders go underground. Corollary: If a talented person at your company does something “dumb,” the next question is: What did you fail to do as a leader? One-on-ones are never a waste of time.

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