Paul G. Silva

APRIL 1, 2025

He realized his responsibility wasn’t “keep developing the product” but “build a successful business ready for investment.” Within a few months, he secured investment that extended his runway by 18 months. What changed in your work or leadership? ” This shift changed everything.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. So spending time thinking about what your leadership style is, whether it’s effective and what you could do to improve it can yield dividends. Here are some quick guidelines on what I think it takes to build a sense of leadership: 1.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As a speaker, writer and thinking partner for entrepreneurs and business leaders, Erik shared his expertise with Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) members during learning events about the future of leadership. . Yet, there are laws of leadership that will guide you reliably no matter what is happening around you?immutable

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The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 27, 2020

Active deal leadership is one of the essential elements of success in early stage investing. As legendary investor Fred Wilson observed, every round needs a lead investor. Being a great deal lead takes experience, or the guidance of a great process.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 12, 2022

Investing in a Sustainable Future. When it comes to preserving and protecting the Earth for our communities and the generations to come to have access to green spaces, clean water and air, and health, it’ll take a collective investment far more significant than any individual. Leadership Skills & Development.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 25, 2025

Facing Reality Just in Time: The River Valley Investors Story After running the River Valley Investors (RVI) angel group for 15 years, I watched as attendance dwindled and investment activity slowed to concerning levels. Learn More For more on building self-correction into your leadership, see Chapter 9 in BE 2.0,

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

This week I wrote about obsessive and competitive founders and how this forms the basis of what I look for when I invest. I had been thinking a lot about this recently because I’m often asked the question of “what I look for in an entrepreneur when I want to invest?” I had invested in myself for years.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

Now that you’ve got your follow lists, I would think about perhaps 10-15 minutes per day as a pretty good investment of time checking out what’s going on around you. you might check out a company I invested in called Openreel. Plus, if you never invest in serendipity, it’s never going to happen to you. but do it authentically.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

The world is a big place, and companies wishing to invest have many domestic and foreign options. based companies invested in Germany in some way in 2021, almost matching the pre-pandemic total. Excluding sources of investments may alter the way a startup builds and shapes its culture. For example, 1,806 U.S.-based

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 15, 2020

Yesterday evening, the Gotham Gal and I went to see Jerry Colonna do a reading from his recent book , Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up. The Crucible of Leadership. Fred started this series inspired by Bijan who urged folks to “invest in your team, help them become better managers.”

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The Seraf Compass

JUNE 9, 2021

When you combine great leadership with a strong board of directors, the likelihood of a successful outcome for a business increases by an order of magnitude. As members of the board, they occupy leadership positions. While that leadership is not always explicit, it can manifest itself in many ways.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Next NJ Program and AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will increase AI investment and catalyze groundbreaking research TRENTON, N.J. New Jerseys continued investment in the sectors of the future will pay dividends for generations to come, setting the Garden State on a path of economic strength and prosperity.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions. Investors want to understand the problem or pain point the startup addresses to gain their investment. When assessing a startups leadership, Andreesen looks for entrepreneurs who have the critically required drive, vision, and ability to overcome obstacles.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In support of military Veteran-founded startups, the Fund focuses on space, AI, and cybersecurity leveraging a veteran’s leadership. Miliary veterans possess attributes, experience, and skills that can be well-applied to entrepreneurship through leadership and knowledge of technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 10, 2022

Contributed by Mike Stephenson, an EO Vancouver member who is co-founder and CEO of addy , which uses the principles of crowdfunding to make real estate investing accessible to everyone, including Black, indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ2S+ and other underrepresented groups. It also reduces the stress caused by living a double life. .

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HPA

MARCH 12, 2024

CHICAGO, Illinois – March 13, 2024: Hyde Park Angels (HPA) is excited to announce the promotion of four outstanding investment professionals. Collectively, Goodfellow, Ross, and Sachaj have been pivotal in shaping HPA’s distinctive People First approach to early-stage investments over the past decade.

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Todays hearing underscores this committees commitment to prioritizing entrepreneurship and innovation, and I thank you for your leadership in making this a shared nationaleffort. These firms are crucial because they are more likely to invest most of their dollars in local and regional startups. were on the platform.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 4, 2025

Evolve your leadership : Great leaders consistently manage themselves out of the job. One-on-Ones and Feedback Structure your 1:1s : Use a four-part format covering performance, relationships, leadership, and innovation. Scaling Management Invest in managers : Great companies invest disproportionately in developing their managers.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Revolution Growth Invests in Hidden Level, the Company Building the Worlds Most Advanced Drone Detection Technology The $65M Series C will be used to expand production of its airspace monitoring technology, grow its Syracuse-based team, and scale internationally.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 20, 2019

Early promotion into adulthood is often painful and equally often a sign of an early promotion into leadership. Maybe you are investing in entrepreneurs. Most hands will shoot up. It is a joy to see him go back to those roots and exercise those muscles again. Let me put it to you this way. You are reading AVC for a reason.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2024

Thousands of member leaders give generously of their time and expertise to help EO connect, inspire, and propel entrepreneurs in their leadership journeys and help move the world forward. Winnie truly exemplifies the true spirit of servant leadership to which all members aspire.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. That used to be called A-round investing. The biggest change for us in early-stage investing is that we now need to commit earlier. However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. of the fund.

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Paul G. Silva

JANUARY 21, 2025

Check out the previous posts on leadership values and getting the right people. Looking back, we could have made our vision even better by adding a clear timeline and target: “By 2025, catalyze entrepreneurs to change the economy of western Massachusetts by generating $1 billion in combined revenue and investment.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Travel to EO’s annual Global Leadership Conference (GLC), held in Singapore in 2024, featuring full immersion of Learn Arounds , and guest speakers Mo Gawdat and Chatri Sityodtong. Fast-track your leadership journey on the EO Path of Leadership. One of my first EO events was the Global Leadership Conference in Singapore.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Series A funding round was led by Healthworx , the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst , further solidifying Culina Healths unique approach to addressing one of the countrys most pressing public health issues.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Why Invest? And while my relationship with Chuck was critical to my investment, so too was the leadership of Trevor Templar , the Chief Revenue Officer. In all my time investing I have never seen such a senior revenue officer join a company at this stage. Why Invest? And of course we welcome Microsoft Ventures.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Leadership may not see everything that needs to be improved or tweaked, so it is up to everyone in the organization to notice what’s needed and speak up about disconnects between our stated values and our actions,” says Gonzalez. Buck the old way of authoritative leadership “over” in favor of inspiring leadership “with” your people. “I

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2024

I was initially inspired to produce thought leadership content because I wanted to increase my company’s visibility on search engines and get more links to our website. There are two paths for establishing thought leadership: writing and speaking. EO members can even publish their thought leadership right here on EO Blog.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Invest in research to better understand your market and customers, and make sure your business is adaptable enough to respond to evolving demands. Strong Leadership and Team Building Finally, scaling a business requires effective leadership and a talented team.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Uniqconn (CEO Kim Young-dong) , which develops high-speed semiconductor connectivity solutions, succeeded in attracting pre-A investment of 4.5 Now, just over a year after its founding, the company is growing rapidly, attracting investment, and even establishing a Chinese branch last April. billion won in September 2023.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. People who can invest with the firms money at arms length, bounties for sourcing a startup, small investments in other VCs that are upstream from your firm.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Funding was from top healthcare and technology investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia, Dragoneer Investment Group, Oak HC/FT, StepStone Group, Icon Ventures, and Lux Capital. Mav en will use the capital to further invest in MMB, Maven’s fertility benefits administration platform.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Taking place in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington, the premiere event will present pioneers in business, innovation and leadership, including innovative founders Brianne West , Nadia Lim , Sam Stubbs , Iyia Liu , special guest Dan Carter and more. View the full session agenda here. said Brianne.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

ADIVAH is a group of youth volunteers who put their leadership into practice by serving the community. He is very vocal about the importance of persistence in working toward a goal of positive change, because it is worth it to advocate for others’ development in your community and to invest in your own.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 26, 2020

You must act and replace the failed CEO with whomever is the best option in that moment and work with the new CEO to address the challenges facing the company, many a result of the failed CEO’s poor leadership. I am not a fan of removing the CEO until and unless it is abundantly clear that it must be done. You must remove a failing CEO.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

When you invest in your business with your own money rather than investment dollars, you pay attention to every penny. The so-called J-curve of business growth — a period marked by initial investment losses before the eventual upturn — was a dark and isolating time.

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