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Sylvester (“Syl”) Di Diego
Startup Advisor | Venture Consultant | Interim Executive

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Sylvester (Syl) Di Diego is your catalyst to accelerate business conceive, launch, finance, scale, growth, profit, and turnaround. He has served over 300 clients who are entrepreneurs, investors, owners, and executives as well as members of incubators and accelerators. “Better Call Syl” to overcome inertia, harvest new opportunities, innovate, commercialize technologies, launch (products, services, and partnerships, and ecosystems), raise capital, scale operations, enter new markets, be more competitive and more profitable, and to resolve urgent and important crisis.

His results include $300 Million capital raised, 50 business launches, 20 Japanese transplants into USA Southeast, 7 turnarounds, and 10 Ecommerce/website businesses. Previously, Syl co-managed a global $1 Billion direct equity portfolio of 500 companies.

Top deliverables include coaching sessions (strategic decision making, problem solving, innovation, and planning), ‘Investor Ready Business Plan’, ‘Investor Ready Pitch Deck’, financial projections, competitive industry and market research, go-to-market strategy, financial analysis and audits, as well as project management and digital business building and Ecommerce design, build, and operate services.

Syl has served clients and led teams across the United States of America, Japan, Americas, Asia, and the Middle East.

Syl Di Diego is now based in Houston, Texas USA.

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Sylvester DI DIEGO
Syl@SylDiDiego.com

Schedule a 30-Minute Consult with Sylvester Di Diego.

SERVICE AREAS DETAILS

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Advisor, Coach, Consultant
Serving Entrepreneurs, Startups, Small Business Owners & Executives

Syl Di Diego serves as advisor, coach, and consultant to inventors, entrepreneurs, startups, small business owners, executives, investors, incubators, accelerators, venture studios, and non-profit leaders.

Experience: over 20 years.

Services:

Services include technology commercialization, strategic planning, business plans, go to market, strategic alliances, financial models and forecasts, capital raising guidance, strategy implementations, and project management.

Syl also serves as innovation facilitator for problem solving, product development, business planning, decision making and more

Client Types Served with Advisory and Coaching Services

• Inventors
• Entrepreneurs
• Owners of Small Businesses
• Investors of Ventures
• Accelerator Program Manager of United States State Economic Develpment Authority
• Presidents of Community College
• Clients of SBDC of United States Small Business Administration

Executive & Board Advisor | Board Member

Sylvester serves executives and board members in the areas of strategy, problem solving, decision making, alignment, strategic alliances, and exits.

Experience: Over 20 years.

Advisory Experience

Services for Accelerator, Incubator, and Venture Studio

Sylvester provides various customized venture leadership training programs and services to state, university, and corporate incubators and accelerators. Knowledge and skills span technology commercialization, grants, capital fund raising, investor ready business plans, business analysis, business planning, go-to-market, competitive market positioning, sales planning, financial forecasts, strategic alliances, partnership excellence, and presentations to venture capital investors, government grant agencies, and corporate boards.

Experience: Over 20 years.

Examples of Signature Multi-Year Programs:

• Accelerator – State EDA Sponsored Commercialization Innovation Cener (as winner of competitive contracts) – 20 modules, 80 ventures, 4 years
• Incubator State University Sponsored (seminars and technology / business model evaluations) – 60 ventures, 4 year
• Venture Catalyst Program (Finding and Operations) – Global Fortune 500 – 20 modules, 7 countries, 1 year

Sylvester serves as Digital & eCommerce Consultant or Project Manager for small business owners, project teams of corporations, and for executives of invested companies.

Experience: over 20 years.

Digital Services:

As Digital and eCommerce Consultant, Sylvester leads project teams (agile and waterfall) to conceive, design, build, test, launch, and improve apps, websites, webshops, and platforms – including the digital front and back-ends, app integrations, sourcing, fulfillment, payments and with strategic partners. Syl is also active for other digital project needs – including for strategy, design, build/programming, and project reset. He is also involved with digital transformation projects with cross-functional and cross-border teams, organizations, and ecosystems.

Client Types Served for Digital Services:

Small Business Owners (as consultant, as employee, and as owner)

Global Digital Agency – USA based NASDAQ Listed (as consultant and as employee)

Global Consumer Goods Conglomerate Fortune 50 (United Kingdom-Netherlands) – London Stock Exchange Listed (as contractor)

Global Japanese Industrial Conglomerate – Tokyo Stock Exchange Listed (as consultant and as employee)

Incubators and Accelerators – State EDA Sponsored and State University Sponsored (as winner of competitive contracts)

Non-Profits in Health sectors (as consultant and as employee)

Master of Ceremonies & Speaker

Syl Di Diego is a professional Master of Ceremonies (MC), speaker, and trainer.

He serves business organizations, business associations/networks, small and large companies, incubators, accelerators, and non-profits.

Topics entrepreneurship, leadership, motivation, change making.

Experience: over 20 years.

Representative Speaking Keynotes

• American Chamber of Commerce in Japan – Invest in USA Committee
• Atomy America, Inc. Success Academy
• Japan Society of Alabama
• Latin Trade Magazine Logistics Conference
• Mitsubishi International Corp. – General Manager Leadership Program
• National Association of Plastic Manufacturers Annual Conference
• New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Rotary Club of Japan (Japanese)
• The Wharton School

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