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Raising Capital: The Process is a Flywheel

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 by Paul O'Brien

Our year has started with a flood of curiosity about Venture Capital not just in how to raise funding but in consideration of how funds work, what it takes to get a job at a venture capital firm, and whether or not VC is broken or needs to change. Certain of 2022, given the recent years of

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Wisdom of Life in Work

Friday, 17 December 2021 by Paul O'Brien

My Dad sent me a thought about Life, and lately, I can’t help but be fixated on notions that life lessons parallel entrepreneurship more than we realize or put into practice. The notion, for example, of finding cofounders is frequently explored through consideration of Dating and Marriage. Experiences in life informing what it means to

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How Funding Startups is Like Betting on Horses

Monday, 09 August 2021 by Paul O'Brien

Last week, a bit of a controversial, but thought-provoking, perspective about Venture Capital caught the attention of a lot of my readers and followers. There has been a horrific rash of *VC Bad* propaganda and misinformation lately, sparking my thought that people are being misled about the what Venture Capital is and does. That, entrepreneurs are frustrated

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“Venture Capital Destroys Value” – What??

Wednesday, 04 August 2021 by Paul O'Brien

The conversation recently had started, “Why do venture capitalists invest in startups if many of them are losing money and destroying value?” and I had to pause when I heard the point of view because I couldn’t even rationalize how someone thinks that way. Then of course it dawned on me that lately there has

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Entrepreneurs Struggle Beyond Startup

Tuesday, 08 June 2021 by Paul O'Brien

Highly risk tolerant and constantly fixated on doing things better, entrepreneurs tend not to be found running companies. That’s not remotely a knock against entrepreneurs. Operating a company is a management skillset, it’s operational, it’s project based, it’s plan and execute…. and these are skillsets that, while valuable to a founder, are not typically consistent

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Working FOR a Startup

Tuesday, 18 May 2021 by Paul O'Brien

So you want to work for a startup… This month in Texas, the startup ecosystem is heating up faster than a Texas summer, so my mind is turned the increasing networking going on, fueled by the light at the end of the tunnel of quarantine AND the fact that the world seems to be moving

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Commitment to Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, 06 April 2021 by Paul O'Brien

“Without commitment you cannot have depth in anything.” Neil Strauss “Motivation is what gets you started. Commitment is what keeps you going.” Jim Rohn “Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.” Marica Wieder “You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.” Sammy Davis Jr “Most people fail not because of a lack

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