Techbiz Webianr Presentation Deiver by Paul Claxton

1. with AI Venture Capitalist,
Paul Anthony Claxton
www.paulclaxton.io
Hypergrowth Hacking:
Strategies To Scale Your Startup Rapidly

2. What Will We Cover
______ About Myself
______ Current Market Climate
______ AI Is The New Opportunity
______ Scalable Thinking
______ How to Raise 7 Figures In Under A Year

3. Paul Anthony Claxton
AI Venture Capitalist,
Serial Entrepreneur

4. About Me
10% Thought Leader
20% Innovator
30% AI Venture Capitalist
40% Entrepreneur
• U.S. Marine
• Media Writer / Blogger
for Top Platforms &
Communities
• Podcaster
• World Citizen
• Humanitarian
• Athlete
• Author
• Failure Addict
• LinkedIn Expert Article
Contributor
What else would you like to
know about me?
Questions?

6. Current Market Climate

7. The Game
Has Changed.
Are You Ready To Play?
We live in an
AI economy
Valuations no
longer hold
the same
value
There are
more
investors
than ever
before
It’s super
noisy out
there
Exits and
acquisitions
will happen
more quickly

8. Stories of startups
that raised VC funding
seem to dominate
financial headlines,
but in reality, only
about five in 10,000
startup businesses
receive venture
funding — less than
0.05%, according to
Fundera.
24 Jan 2024
It Is Time For A
Paradigm Shift In
How We Think

9. Super-Economics: 2000s-2020s
Macro and Micro Economies
Widespread mobile and internet
use
Phenomenal innovation that lead
to the transition to mobile and the
rise from 3g, 4g to 5g networks
Co-Share/Work-Share economy
Social Media
e-Commerce
Commercialization and
Microeconomies

10. AI IS EVERYWHERE.
WHERE ARE YOU?
AI IS THE NEW OPPORTUNITY

13. Scalable Thinking

14. Develop A
nicorn Mentality
Take advantage of over 8 billion people
Cast a wide net leads to unforeseen opportunities
Focus on customers. Your investors are your customers and your customers are your investors
Focus on problems not the solutions
Advisors have a lifespan; remember that
Grade your business for what I call the “manipulation factor”
Measure the business for replaceability and impact potential
Consider business model flexibility
Unicorns will be Unicorns
Develop mutually inclusive profit driven partnership models
Learn about different types of investors and approaches of various funding models

15. 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Top Decile Median
0%
50%
100%
150%
Top Decile
Median
• Private startups cut burn rates nearly in
half since 2021
• Many companies reached profitability in
2024
• Better positioned to take advantage of a
rebound year
Operating Margins of 50 Private Tech Startups
What The Last Few Years Have
Taught Us

16. Necessities For Global Scale
53% IP Driven Culture
60%
Customer Focused, Not Investor
Focused
80% Flexible Business Model
20% Partnership and Relationship Driven
100% Strong Team

17. I Don’t Like Buckets
• I don’t like the term startup
because it implies a high
probability of failing
• It implies you’re starting
something which also implies
irrelevance
• Don’t act like a startup, act like a
business and you will be in
business
Neutralize your conviction on everything
you’ve been told. Buckets are designed
to keep you in a lane and they
compromise innovation. Empty your
buckets of preconceived notions and
society’s belief trademarks.

18. Should I Bootstrap or Raise
• What kind of company do you want to run
• What are you looking to achieve
• Is it even feasible to bootstrap what you are attempting to do
• What is your background
• What is the collateral upside and downside of each for you

19. Inside The Minds Of Founders
And Investors: The Catch 22
Because of Risk everyone is always
asking where the proof is and where the
money is and so founders dilemma is that
they must make money to get money but
cannot make money without getting it first

20. The Catch 22: Are You
Insane Enough For
Entrepreneurship
Catch-22 is a satirical novel by Joseph Heller
set during WWII. The novel's protagonist,
Captian Yossarian, attempts to escape service
by claiming insanity. According to the Catch-22
rule, he is sane enough to fly because he is sane
enough to recognize his insanity.

21. How to Raise 7 Figures
In Under A Year
No More Brick Walls

22. Consider Your Types Of People
No matter how
much technology
we have, we can’t
do this without
people, the right
people
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Patriarch and Matriarch

23. Perpetual Velocity
Look at Ford vs. Blockbuster
Video.
Henry Ford started his motor
company with a vision--and
then built that company to
make purposeful decisions
that constantly moved toward
that vision for over 100 years.
Blockbuster, meanwhile, lost
sight of its vision sometime in
the early 2000s. They failed to
be fluid, reinvent themselves,
and find a new vision worth
following within their purpose.

24. How To Bootstrap And Survive
These boots are
made for scaling

25. Why
Product
Market Fit
Isn’t The
Best Fit For
True Scale
SWOT
ANALYSIS

26. Consider Your
• Programs
• Partners
• Advisors
• Staff
1. Marketing/Sales
2. HR/Administrative
3. Finance/Revenue
4. Innovation/R&D
5. Supply Chain
6. Technology
7. Network
How much is too much infrastructure?

27. Consider Your Technology
And Use Cases
Will this help me
achieve my goal and
scale?
Will this help my
users achieve their
goal?
Does this make
business harder, or
easier in the long
run?
Does this save me
time, money or
make me money?

28. Common Metrics

29. Common Metrics

30. Execution Is Key:
Are You A Lion
A Lion does not
hesitate, a lion does
not think, a lion
obtains its prey. A lion
executes. That is why
they are King.

31. Any Questions

32. How To Reach Me
Cellular +1.763.307.4269
WhatsApp +1.213.676.9423
Venture Capital paul@q1velocity.com
Investor Relations paulc@reciprocityroi.com Website www.paulclaxton.io

33. Thank You! Happy Scaling!