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Paul Asel

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Jul 7

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing Road Map to Scale Startups

Great marketing often outflanks superior technology. Crossing the Chasm offers a marketing road map to win customers across the technology…

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing Road Map to Scale Startups

Paul Asel

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Jun 29

Unknown Unknowns: Navigating through the Fog of Disruptive Innovation

Rapid iteration and agile adaption accelerate progress when navigating in rapidly changing, uncertain environments. We discuss three…

Unknown Unknowns: Navigating through the Fog of Disruptive Innovation

Paul Asel

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Jun 24

Turning the Flywheel to Reach Escape Velocity

Startups must grow faster and scale larger in winner-take-most markets. The Flywheel Model aligns efforts around key success factors to…

Turning the Flywheel to Reach Escape Velocity

Paul Asel

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Jun 9

Art & Science of Attracting Talent to Accelerate Startup Growth

Who is your number one problem. Not what. Talent is the key to startup success. Attracting talent is an ongoing, three-phase process from…

Art & Science of Attracting Talent to Accelerate Startup Growth

Paul Asel

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May 8

Three Cardinal Sins of Investing: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Identify Founder Fit

Lucrative outcomes require investing in the right market with the right team. Savvy seed investors focus on insights to identify superior…

Three Cardinal Sins of Investing: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Identify Founder Fit

Paul Asel

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Apr 18

Social Capital: The 10x Multiplier on Human Capital

Chappy Asel & Paul Asel — April 2026

Social Capital: The 10x Multiplier on Human Capital

Paul Asel

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Mar 2

Team of Teams: Managing Uncertainty at Scale

The Lean Startup is a blueprint to early-stage agile startups. Team of Teams offers a four-step road map to retain agility at scale. We…

Team of Teams: Managing Uncertainty at Scale

Paul Asel

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Jan 30

Serendipity Mindset: Ten Strategies to Expand Your Luck Surface Area

Serendipity involves both choice and chance as fortune favors the prepared mind. Here are ten practices to leverage luck and seize…

Serendipity Mindset: Ten Strategies to Expand Your Luck Surface Area

Paul Asel

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Jan 17

Entrepreneurial Mindset: Expanding Your Luck Surface Area

Serendipity involves both choice and chance as fortune favors the prepared mind. Entrepreneurs shift and expand their Luck Surface Area in…

Entrepreneurial Mindset: Expanding Your Luck Surface Area

Paul Asel

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Jan 8

The Power Law: Energizing Returns on Chance in Innovation and Investing

The Power Law reminds founders and investors to think bigger as winner-take-most markets disproportionally reward market leaders. People…

The Power Law: Energizing Returns on Chance in Innovation and Investing

Paul Asel

Paul Asel

Managing Partner @ngpcapital, a global VC with $1.6B AUM. Portfolio: Lime, Zum, SVT, Workfusion ... Writes about innovation, VC, AI, entrepreneurship.

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