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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. One component of a good Board is a high value add Independent Board Member, which in my experience, often doesn’t get added early enough (for a variety of reasons). I knew I wanted to help build it from the ground up.

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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

The immersive three-and-a-half-day programme is based around three key themes – board leadership, cultural intelligence and climate awareness. Each day focusses on a different facet of being a director – you, your board and practical governance. Would I attend another ADC which focussed on other topics? Absolutely!”

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The unusual story of an unusual company – Melanie Langlotz and Geo AR Games 

NZ Entrepreneur

With its unique work culture, shaped around the idea that difference is a superpower that can drive innovation – Mel is living proof that passion for an idea and understanding the ‘Why?’ behind it will drive success far more than expertise on its own. Public declaration creates accountability and gives others permission to help you.”

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

TechCrunch

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups. “The [web3] culture doesn’t appeal to me. million in seed funding (5.1

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4 keys to international expansion

TechCrunch

Finding the right balance between keeping costs in check and not underinvesting can mean doing things more slowly than your board would like. Analyze the competitive environment, partner availability, infrastructure, culture, regulation and synergies with your home market. Where should you internationalize?

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Big Cabal Media, parent company of TechCabal and Zikoko, raises $2.3M seed funding

TechCrunch

BCM was founded by Seyi Taylor and Bankole Oluwafemi in 2013. The publication, launched in 2016, creates and curates content around African youth culture for Gen Zs and millennials within and outside Africa. Tomiwa Aladekomo , the company’s CEO, took over from Taylor in 2018.

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Your deal flow is not diverse enough

TechCrunch

There is an unmet need of $260 billion to $320 billion for women-owned company funding, according to a 2013 study conducted by the International Finance Corporation. These things, in turn, exert a determining influence on our culture.”. Even more interesting, another study argues that women make better board directors than men.