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Talk to Your Heroes: How I Built a Virtual Board That Enhances My Decision-Making

Paul G. Silva

Using ChatGPT, you can create a virtual board of advisors that brings the wisdom and perspectives of your chosen mentors to your fingertips. Why Create a Virtual Advisory Board? Before I walk you through how to set up your own virtual board, let me share how mine is helping my decision-making process.

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How to Launch Your Startup Without a Launch

This is going to be BIG.

When Tinybop first launched, before they ever made their first app for kids, they started a newsletter that featured products they loved for kidsfrom everything from books to board games. Follow and engage with them on social media, comment thoughtfully on their articles, and offer insights on industry trends without pitching your company.

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Three Places At Once: Challenges VCs Face In Managing Their Time [Part II]

The Seraf Compass

In Part I of this article we talked about the challenges and responsibilities General Partners face managing a fund. Now let's take a closer look at the time commitment involved when you're ready to invest in a company, what's required when serving as a board director, and how GPs should handle communications with their LPs.

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In Defense of Uber: An Unbiased Opinion

Both Sides of the Table

I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. This article had much resonance with me. If you interview the neighbors of Airbnb you’d get a very different article. I know that. They don’t care.

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

Both Sides of the Table

It’s when the noise stops and you can actually get customer attention, press articles and VC meetings. Make sure your board challenges you enough about long-term vision & innovation. Run board meetings that force strategic discussions rather than cheering sessions focused on financial metrics.

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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 And Danny switches to major shareholder, board member & advisor.

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Three Places At Once: Challenges VCs Face In Managing Their Time [Part III]

The Seraf Compass

In Part I of this article we talked about the challenges and responsibilities General Partners face. In Part II we took a closer look at the time commitment involved when you're ready to invest in a company, what's required when serving as a board director, and how GPs should handle communications with their LPs.

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