Before joining PixelEdge, he founded & grew Valley Venture Mentors to become one of the top organizations of its kind, and helped startups and corporations create new products and ventures that raised millions in external funding and earned tens of millions in revenue. He ran an accelerator sponsored by the state of Massachusetts to help established manufacturing firms use startup techniques to increase revenue. Just six months after graduation accelerator graduates attributed millions of dollars in new revenue to the training. Some of Paul’s other work:Co-founded Launch413, a post accelerator program that worked to get startups to their first $10 million in revenue.Co-founded Innovation Accelerator, training nonprofit leaders to innovate and adapt. Served as president of Click Workspace, the largest coworking facility in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.Founded Lean Launchpad Pioneer Valley, a startup training company where Paul developed the curriculum that became the foundation of Valley Venture Mentors’ globally-recognized programming.Served on the board of directors of the Angel Capital Association, the trade association of professional angel investors. There he spearheaded the creation of sector-based syndication networks, allowing geographically dispersed angel groups with similar sector interests to effectively co-invest for the first time. Co-founded and led the UMass Amherst Entrepreneurship Initiative and grew it to a program with 400 students a year managed by a 100% volunteer team. The Initiative went on to become the UMass Amherst Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship.In 2000 Paul started his entrepreneurial journey when he co-founded All inPlay, an internet company that helped the blind socialize with their fully sighted friends and families as equals. The company touched the lives of thousands of blind and visually impaired people around the world and was purchased in 2011.While attending university to earn his degree in computational physics, Paul co-founded the local Chapter of the Society of Physics Students and was awarded the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Excellence in Service and Alumni Leadership awards. Outside of work Paul is the proud father of two amazing daughters, a hobbyist game developer, and lover of: history, science, science-fiction, tabletop roleplaying games, economics, and social insects.