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Founders, VCs Might Not Like My Sharing This, But They Should

One of the more challenging skills to help develop in a founder, is being able to discern b.s. from experienced and valid advice. As you…

6 min readSep 21, 2023

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It’s never as easy as it looks.

I lost $50,000, more or less, on a business started in my 20s. Hurt a lot. I’m now 4d-ahem and finding peace with success. Lessons…

2 min readJan 4, 2023

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Why Accelerators Fail Startup Founders

Let’s take the two most distributed Startup Development Organizations in the world and tease out what’s happening, in a point of fact…

12 min readApr 11, 2024

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Why Accelerators Fail Startup Founders

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Invention, Creativity, and Innovation are Merely the Gears that Turn a Startup

We’re witnessing throughout the world that our focus on “tech” for the sake of technology skills, and STEM education to support that, is…

4 min readMar 6, 2024

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Invention, Creativity, and Innovation are Merely the Gears that Turn a Startup

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Today I’m Joining American YouthWorks’ Board as the Organization Expands to Transform More Young…

As a teenager, I had the pleasure and privilege of following in the footsteps of my father who, at the time serving through United Way, got…

4 min readMar 4, 2024

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Today I’m Joining American YouthWorks’ Board as the Organization Expands to Transform More Young…

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Can we KNOW a Startup Will Fail?

Are there factors that determine a startup’s success from the early stages?

4 min readFeb 19, 2024

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Can we KNOW a Startup Will Fail?

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Why Startup Founders Should Spy

I’m increasingly seeing a problem in startup ecosystems and it’s that startup founders are failing to distinguish themselves in clarifying…

10 min readFeb 2, 2024

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Why Startup Founders Should Spy

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Investor Matching is Bullshit; Helping Startups Means Ending the Predators

Lots of Investor Matching / Investor Finding platforms… Funded, AngelList… besides, your city likely has an Angel Group, or three. You…

3 min readJan 30, 2024

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Investor Matching is Bullshit; Helping Startups Means Ending the Predators

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MediaTech Ventures’ Strategic Partnership with Creat-Ed Introduces Innovative Courses Blending Art…

We could not be more excited than we are today with the release of ongoing education through MediaTech Ventures; extending the education…

4 min readDec 5, 2023

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MediaTech Ventures’ Strategic Partnership with Creat-Ed Introduces Innovative Courses Blending Art…

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Startups: What Exactly is Execution?

I want to put your head on a specific focus as we explore this question. In the last few weeks, I’ve tackled the question of an ideal team…

6 min readDec 4, 2023

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Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien

CEO of MediaTech Ventures, CMO to #VC, #Startup Advisor. I get you funded. Father, marketer, author, #Austin. @seobrien & @AccelerateTexas. https://seobrien.com

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