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JANUARY 13, 2025

The latter is easier to do as a solo GP who doesnt need team approval. Relying on the VC to follow up and then getting annoyed with them if they dont isnt how youd want your own sales team acting when selling your product, so why are you fundraising with that approach? Never end a VC call without an immediate next step.

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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? Creating Your Own Luck As a product owner or team leader, you can build your own Luck Flywheel by: 1. Share with your team: What “lucky breaks” have you had? Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). In BE 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. Jim Collins found a surprising answer: a clear, compelling vision. How will we know we’ve succeeded?

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Find A Scalable Event Model A team in my NYU class that is building a running app went to Central Park and stopped runners as they passed by, asking if theyd like an assessment on their form as a means of preventing injuries. Be responsive, reliable, and willing to provide data or expert commentary when they need it.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

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.” Building a team of talented and passionate individuals who complement your skills will bring a different and necessary perspectives to the table.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

” became a powerful filter for future decisionsone that every team member could use without needing executive approval. For example, when a junior team member took over creating our training presentations, she didn’t need to ask permission to include bright colors and humorous GIFs. Are they clear enough to guide decisions?

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 1, 2025

Some teams use OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) for similar purposes. Take Action This Week Audit your language : Review how you communicate with your team. Create Regular Check-In Points At Launch413, we used monthly board meetings to help founders evaluate if their tasks were still aligned with their objectives.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Think of it as Bloomberg for marketers, in a way that gives smaller companies and teams as much firepower as larger organizations to help them optimize spend across channels and identify new, high-performing opportunities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 2, 2021

As entrepreneurs transition and adjust to changes the pandemic caused in their companies, how can they build—or rebuild—not only a business but also a team of like-minded individuals with a common purpose or goal? Here are four outrageous ideas that I’ve found to be favorites among my team: Surprise Nerf battles in the office.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

I’ve made over 100 investments in my career and nearly half of those went into diverse teams. I’ll be the first to back up the notion that diverse founders have just as much ambition, drive, intellectual horsepower, creativity—you name it—than anyone else. There are all sorts of well-intentioned mentoring programs, networking events, etc.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 22, 2024

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. While it shouldn’t replace human creativity, AI excels at generating initial drafts and variations, allowing teams to focus on refinement and strategic decisions.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Pile-On Often team members step on each others’ toes to jump in and add information that was already provided. Both reflect poorly on the CEO and management team who lose credibility appearing out of sync or not in control. The solution - have the CEO handle all the questions or direct the question to a specific team member.

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MAY 2, 2025

You obviously have to do this work to support your team, but you shouldnt be counting this in your proof that youre able to generate your own deal flow. Tag team across firms with intention. You cant really speak to this deal as your own when youre interviewing for a Principal to Partner role at a top firm.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 4, 2025

Communication complexity increases exponentially with team size, creating natural breaking points in management structures 3. Team Building Anatomy of a Reference Check : Then get out of their way. Balance autonomy and alignment : Give teams freedom within clear strategic boundaries.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These tools help you organize complex tasks, collaborate with your team, and monitor progress in real-time that leads to efficient operations and cost savings. Trello For smaller teams, Trello is an excellent choice for organizing and tracking projects.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Does the VC think that a designer needs to be on the team from day one if you’re going to build a better version of Instagram? There are, however, legitimate concerns that a VC might have with your team generally that the presence of co-founders might solve, but doesn’t always. That’s fair. Technically, it’s a title. Does that sting?

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In our next post, we’ll explore how trust enables teams to take the risks needed for breakthrough thinking. What “impossible” goal is your team pursuing? Learn More For more on BHAGs, check out Chapter 4 of BE 2.0, particularly pages 75-80 where Collins breaks down the anatomy of effective moonshot goals.

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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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Venture Well

JANUARY 16, 2024

Max Derbyshire, COO of Acorn Genetics, shares how the E-Team Program and the Aspire investor-engagement program advanced his innovation. The post Protecting Patient Privacy: Acorn Genetics Is Revolutionizing DNA Testing appeared first on VentureWell.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 15, 2025

Our agents don’t just assistthey do the work, enabling teams to focus on strategic priorities, unlock creativity, and drive meaningful organizational impact,” said Maxime Legardez , co-founder and CEO of Maki. With the announcement of its $28.6

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Revolution

AUGUST 2, 2022

Revolution’s team put rubber to the road this spring, traveling more than a collective 12.5K The Revolution Communications team also made their way to the Windy City, where they met with the portfolio companies Partyslate and Rheaply and got a tour of the Foxtrot HQ. While we may not show up on a big red bus every time, showing up?—?figuratively

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The Seraf Compass

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Here are 6 ways to manage a deal team. At Launchpad we estimate that we spend around 40 person hours on a typical diligence process by the time the project is completed. If you are dealing with busy investors who are volunteering to do this work, burnout is a real risk.

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 9, 2025

The early adopter team championed the innovation and when it saved them the contract, others within the organization took interest. This success transformed our champion inside the client into a company hero and spurred adoption across the organization as other teams sought to replicate the results.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2020

It’s hard to see the difference in the levels of micromanagement and the resulting stress it created across their teams, but with Bezos, journalists explained that it just showed “how important customer service is to him.” Maybe he’s just nicer in Slack channels? I have my doubts. Both male and female founders have blind spots.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I want to sincerely thank the entire Moniepoint team for making this achievement possible,” said CEO Eniolorunda. The proceeds from this raise will speed up our efforts to drive financial inclusion and support Africa’s entrepreneurial potential.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Like USV we are usually investing in our Seed fund when teams are fewer than 10 employees, have ideas that are “out there” and where we plan to be actively engaged for a decade or longer. For Upfront, constrained size and extreme team focus has mattered. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

After seeing the success of this play, she decided to expand her research with her team to create a long-form play. In 2018, after Déborah finished researching the play, it went on tour around Lima, and her team launched their production with a new name, CAPAZ (Spanish for “able”).

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Harding remains a board member and an integral executive team member. She also led marketing, communications and product teams in consumer electronics, retail, and luxury industries. Leading the talented team at LUUM comes at a pivotal moment in the industry when technology and beauty are converging like never before.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 12, 2021

USV TEAM POSTS: I think that was still a thing into the latter part of the 2000s. Now a decade and a half later, we see NYC startups raising capital almost as much as Silicon Valley startups.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

I flew to San Francisco to meet with Apoorva, Brandon and Max – who were working out of a house in South Park – and after the first week of ‘helping out’ as an advisor around the office I fell in love with the team, energy, and infectious ‘just get it done’ spirit. I knew I wanted to help build it from the ground up.

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