Paul G. Silva

MARCH 7, 2020

Launch413 (the post-accelerator) – We’ve invested in 13 companies in just under 3 years, expanded our team of kick-ass Venture Advisors, and are starting to see some real results from our top companies. A HUGE thank you to my co-founders: Rick Play w/ Launch413 & Kelly Minton w/ Innovation Accelerator.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2022

Contributed by Robert Glazer , a former EO Boston member who is the founder and chairman of the board of Acceleration Partners , a global partner marketing agency and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards. The post Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates appeared first on.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

It got me thinking about the advice that I often give to new VCs. So the advice I’ve been giving many VCs from my experiences is that “in VC it’s important to play offense, not defense.” ” And then there are incubators and accelerators. So I have a rule on accelerators. It’s exhausting.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 29, 2024

Update of Article dated July 7, 2019 Entrepreneurs too often work alone, missing opportunities to accelerate their pathway to success When starting or growing a new business the small business owner or entrepreneur should keep in mind that they are entering a lifelong pursuit of professional and personal growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

Plaid, the fintech giant, has announced the inaugural cohort of startups in its new accelerator program, FinRise. The accelerator, announced two months ago , is explicitly focused on backing underrepresented founders in tech. Accelerators embrace change forced by pandemic. billion acquisition.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

After all, if nobody external was willing to fund you now without the accelerated scaling why would they do so in a year? If that’s you, you can ignore my advice. Startup Advice' But you’re not necessarily going to put $2.5 million to save $2.5 Or better yet, what if you actually did get to break even?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Recovering quickly from what you perceive as a failure or setback, and perhaps an event that everyone around you perceives as a failure, can accelerate your own personal recovery process and as important, it can provide the ability for accelerated organizational growth and continued development.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Given the request for input and feedback, you might expect a presenter to receive various advice from the other Forum members. However, most Forum organizations train members to specifically avoid giving advice. Under an advice framework, my Forum-mates take turns telling me what I should do in my specific situation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

We created one of the first accelerators in Los Angeles, Launchpad LA, which has gone on to help launch > 50 startups in the past 4 years who together have raised in excess of $150 million in capital. Startup Advice' That seems pretty superficial!”. Please help me spread the news as only RTs or FB Likes can! (

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1. Brad Feld, a partner at Foundry Group and investor in many successful startups, gave me this piece of advice. He is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

He pinged me that he was thinking about joining a startup based in LA with the CEO in NYC and would I be willing to meet him and give him advice on this process. And he decided he wanted to be part of the 500Startups accelerator. So I had a sense that I knew who he was. Sam later decided he wanted to do a startup.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

The YLAI Network team spoke with Jonathan to gain some insight into his social ventures, thoughts on the rise of artificial intelligence, and any advice for fellow network members looking to jump into entrepreneurship. Jonathan’s advice to fellow young leaders and network members is to trust the process and trust the journey.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

I have come to realize that since the great tech boom started in 2009 and given the massive increase in first-time angels, first-time seed funds, first-time accelerators … there market is just filled with well-intentioned terrible advice. Whom you take advice from really matters. So back to reality. Startup Lessons'

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Death because just 3 extra non-performing employees in a company of 15 can either accelerate cash out date or can dramatically lower your productivity. Startup Advice' You can miss a quarter’s target and not cull the inefficiencies. I’m not saying you should, but you could. But in startups this equals death.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Caroline Hogan Contributor Share on Twitter Caroline Hogan is senior director of vendor marketing at Gartner Digital Markets , where she helps software providers accelerate growth. Identify the sources businesses trust when evaluating software Businesses are turning to rich, analytical sources for advice.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 5, 2025

Personalized Advice and Guidance One of the most significant advantages of one-on-one mentoring is the personalized advice you receive. With one-to-one mentoring, you aren’t getting generic advice you’re receiving insight applicable to your business.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 20, 2024

Ever get bad advice? Ever take that advice without question because the person giving it was an investor, a superior in rank, the chairperson of your board? I’ll bet you have at least one story of bad advice taken and being bitten as a result. And the result for the entrepreneur for taking this advice?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2022

Even to outsiders, the inner workings of startup accelerators has become familiar: pumped up on camaraderie and energy drinks, scrappy founders do product demos onstage before a room full of buzzy journalists and investors. Accelerators have an interesting role to play here. In this instance, we failed to follow our own advice.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

I would like to just offer some very simple advice: 1. No acceleration. If you think you may have to terminate employees always have legal advice. I’ve been warning about co-founder problems and what I call “ The co-founder mythology ” for years but the fights are getting more venomous.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

We would allow them to accelerate some Q3/Q4 initiatives to Q1/Q2 if they would fund the development. Often 2-3 customers would band together to fund an accelerated plan. These were always features we knew we needed to build anyways – we were just willing to accelerate / prioritize them. Startup Advice'

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you’re going through an accelerator or you’re at some kind of speed dating event, short “office hours” meetings present both an opportunity and a problem for investors. It’s a great way to get out from behind the e-mail and actually meet people face to face. However, it’s a terrible way to get your whole pitch in.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. They teamed up to build a different kind of startup accelerator without any batch or demo day.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

14 Pieces of Advice for Resolving Conflicts Among Startup Team Members Navigating team conflicts in a startup environment requires wisdom and practical strategies. My top advice? She was well-aligned with the sales and marketing teams and wanted to accelerate development to meet the market opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I think his advice is this op-ed is bananas. I have even had to get physical security advice from some of the crazy. I try to speak at universities, high schools, startup accelerators?—?as Finally, if I answered every email I’d never have time to point out how mindless Adam’s advice was. No, it’s not fun.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

With a team of over 90 registered dietitians, the company is committed to making nutrition advice accessible to everyone, accepting all major insurance plans, and offering services to patients across all 50 states.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 27, 2025

After analyzing hundreds of sales organizations across startups, I’ve distilled the key pieces of advice that founders and leaders should keep in mind. Compensation Design Structure effective comp plans : Balance base salary, commission, and accelerators to drive desired behaviors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Soon, Together Labs will introduce additional blockchain offerings to accelerate the transition to a complete blockchain economy, setting the economic model for other metaverses to follow. Buy one here and check out the breakout sessions for trends, advice and opportunities to help grow your business. Brought to you by VCOIN.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Actually not.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Inspired by these exchanges, by experiences finding it difficult to find Haitian coffee on the international market, and by his desire to honor his rich family history, he created a business plan, and he worked with an accelerator to further expand on his plan and start his company.

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Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 19, 2022

YC Y Combinator is easily one of the most famous accelerators in the world, thanks to its huge profile and excellent reputation among startups. Its aim is to invest $20k into each of its accepted companies at an early-stage and then provide six months of hands-on support, advice and mentorship as they build their product or service.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

To support and accelerate this momentum, the National Entrepreneur Center (NEC) and Orange County Government have partnered with SourceLink, tapping into our consulting services, software solutions and national network to strengthen and build upon the rich tradition of collaboration the NEC and Orlando entrepreneurial ecosystem have forged.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

They''re a career accelerator, which is a pretty neat concept--doing what YC and Techstars do for startups, but for your career. I reiterated the notion of risk taking when giving career advice the other day and how when I joined Union Square Ventures, it wasn''t the USV it was now. Twenty years ago, I got my first job.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 2, 2012

As I was biking around the other day, I realized that they have a lot in common and so the advice I have to give about both is pretty similar: 1. Big trucks are slow to accelerate--you can always beat them out when they're moving from a standing stop. A lot of people ask me about cycling in NYC. They ask me about startups, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Read his earlier posts on what EO members wish non-entrepreneurs knew about entrepreneurs, how EO members define success , the impact of core values , lessons learned from their best and worst partnerships and the best advice they’ve ever received. A different perspective can uncover value and opportunity. And so we move.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Today we’re in a world where 10 accelerators are bombarding you with emails to meet their 10-15 companies. And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. If an accelerator is writing you they’re also writing 25 other VCs. Pay attention.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

The investor previously worked as a partner at 500 , previously known as 500 Startups, where he raised and ran a dedicated fintech fund as well as helped build an accelerator. Better Tomorrow Ventures tells TechCrunch that it is launching a fintech accelerator, this time under its own roof, called The Mint. million valuations.

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