A Prolific Angel Investor Who Tackles Her Own Investor Biases in Innovated Ways
What follows is the transcript of my recent video interview with Silvia Mah, PhD, a prolific Angel investor focusing on women-led companies and diverse founding teams. As you’ll hear, like with my investing practice, Silvia is not doing this to be “correct” but because it works as an investment thesis. I hope this excites […]
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Message to Vision Masters about Startup Valuation
Sheryl Sandberg is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Facebook, and her unique form of leadership is a vital part of the story of the social media company’s success. She obtained her master’s degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. She also earned a Bachelor of Art & Science from Harvard University. Both she […]
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The Not-Warren Buffett Interview
Key Takeaways: Pitch like you are pitching to Warren Buffett Focus on management and the 5-10 years trends in your favor Be sure you have a well-balanced team – Vision Master and Execution Master Our Not interview series focuses on Vision Masters vs. Visionaries. A Vision Master is often both. No innovation comes to […]
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Vision Masters Wanted
Not every innovator should make an appointment to connect with me. There’s just not enough time in the day. We’re interested in speaking with innovators who are: Looking to raise capital (not grants), and Vision masters, not visionaries The difference you ask? A visionary sees the future. A “vision master” makes the future. Yes, I’d […]
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Seven Critical Lessons Innovators Can Learn from Jony Ive Leaving Apple
This is going to be controversial. This is going to be good. Read on… As the old story goes, a pessimist walks into a room with a pile of dung and says “There’s nothing here but a pile of horse sh*t.” An optimist walks into a room finding just a pile of horse sh*t and declares […]
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Raising Capital the Navy Seal’s Way – The One Key That Opens the Door to Funding
Raising capital the Navy Seal’s way inspired by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. Let’s meet these guys. JOCKO WILLINK is a retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, host of the top-rated Jocko Podcast, and co-founder of Echelon Front. LEIF […]
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Where’s the Beef? – 4 Ways to Succeed When it Looks Like You Shouldn’t
I love a good mystery. I’m the guy who usually figures out the plot to the movie halfway through. Honestly, it’s fun but also a little disappointing to solve the plot too early in the film. That’s why I love a plot that stumps me right up to the end. Today I’d like us to have […]
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5 Core Principles of Agile Company Growth and Funding – Life Hacks for Vision Masters #5
The other day I was observing a group of ants efficiently pursuing their objectives on a foraging mission in my new garden. When a barrier emerged, such as a small pool of water, they’d explore its edges, quickly huddle, seek a path around the water, communicate to the foraging troops, then move on toward the […]
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Five Winning Ideas From Vision Master and Soon-to-be-Billionaire Melanie Perkins
A Research Report for Vision Masters from Intelliversity We’ve all heard the old saying “never judge a book by its’ cover.” But we do just that a lot of the time, don’t we? Often, we judge ourselves most harshly. We judge ourselves for not being perfect, not living up to our own or others’ expectations. […]
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5 Ways to be Unconventional & Win – Life Hacks for Vision Masters #4
Being conventional produces conventional results. If you are following a recipe to cook your dinner, being conventional is a good idea. Do what the recipe says, get the familiar result that your palate expects. But conventionality in the world of growing innovative young companies is a dangerous habit to develop. In fact, following convention may […]
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