Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Over the past six years, and with great help, I’ve developed the Keep It Super Simple (KISS) Canvas to help innovators find and mitigate some of their biggest risks, from ideation to scaling. Today I’m releasing version 7, which incorporates changes to help get your innovation adopted. However, we can do better.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. Ten years on much has changed. The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011.

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ventures VC venture capital funders 471

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. When you pitched me I really did love you. everything.

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pitching funders board entrepreneurs 381

Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

We owe a debt of gratitude to our tireless volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise, and dedication to our mission. More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened, and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. 2021 was a year filled with more opportunities for angels to interact and learn.

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opportunity funders peer-to-peer angel investing 72

Ecosystem Builder Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. Improving the Field: Imagine a learning infrastructure supporting the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field widely seen as both efficient and innovative. What would that look like?

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entrepreneurship leadership entrepreneurial ecosystem funders 52

Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are deeply grateful to our dedicated volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise and dedication to our mission. More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

More importantly, without you, our economy would be weakened and society’s ability to innovate would be stunted. The National Science Foundation Awarded a major grant to connect early stage capital to DeepTech innovations. Launched the new Boards in Action course, available in March as part of the AU winter term.

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