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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…

Sep 21, 2023

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

Sep 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…

Jan 4, 2023

Jan 4, 2023

Botswana’s Startup Paradox: Why Africa Searches for Venture Capital

This is a country with the continent’s most stable democracy, solid credit ratings, one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa over the…

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Botswana’s Startup Paradox: Why Africa Searches for Venture Capital

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Why Venture Capital Avoids your Startup Ecosystem

Working with cities throughout the world, developing startup ecosystems, every one of them echos the same in their effort to encourage…

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Why Venture Capital Avoids your Startup Ecosystem

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We Already Know How to Do This: Stop Reinventing Startup Development Organizations

Recently, someone asked me, “How do you make a training center for entrepreneurs to be self-sustaining and not just dependent on…

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We Already Know How to Do This: Stop Reinventing Startup Development Organizations

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Startups Are Not Small Businesses: A State Startup Policy Blueprint for Unlocking Capital

Published in collaboration with the TexCap Policy Institute, this new white paper is more than another call for “more startup support.”…

Jul 8

Startups Are Not Small Businesses: A State Startup Policy Blueprint for Unlocking Capital

Jul 8

Stop Pitching Your Startup Like It’s a Science Fair Project

Nobody cares about your startup. And it’s not because they’re stupid, or you’re too early. It’s because you’re saying the wrong damn thing.

Jul 7

Stop Pitching Your Startup Like It’s a Science Fair Project

Jul 7

Aerospace Adelaide

Adelaide’s not merely dipping a toe into space, it’s building its own launchpad, and during a recent whirlwind tour of the United States, I…

Jun 30

Aerospace Adelaide

Jun 30

Why Cities Should Invest in Startups for Economic Growth

Why Startups? Let’s Distinguish Why City Officials Should be Focused on Strategic Investment in Innovation-Driven Ventures (and why most…

Jun 25

Why Cities Should Invest in Startups for Economic Growth

Jun 25

The Age of Artificial Truth

If Orwell predicted a future of authoritarian oppression, we missed the plot twist: truth isn’t being silenced, it’s being distorted…

Jun 19

The Age of Artificial Truth

Jun 19

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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