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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives a Mission to Connect People With Popongo

StartupNation

I later moved to Denver, Colorado, and have worked in the world of banking and real estate as a partner and co-CEO of a company called Legacy Management Group since 2004. The development of Popongo and a celebration of culture. They say that innovation is born out of necessity, and I couldn’t agree more. Popongo was born.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking. Meg retired from the Council April 8, 2019.

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Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

2004 / Cash and financial management is a matter of survival. Bonus lesson: Mistakes are the fertile ground of innovation! What would our culture look like? One of the great thought leaders on culture-powered businesses, Paul Spiegelman, nudged me to tell this story on a pretty big platform. Our offering? Our benefits?

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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. innovated in social media advertising and for a variety of reasons wasn’t ultimately successful and went to zero.

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

From the age-old realms created in myths to the digital domains we traverse today in video games, the fidelity of these worlds has never been more immersive nor culturally impactful. Of course, this vision came to reality through the games industry (which is often the tip of the spear for technological innovations).

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

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