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How to run efficient and effective early-stage board meetings

TechCrunch

Of all the things an early-stage founder has to figure out, one of the most unexpected is how to get the most from your board. But effectively leveraging your board for guidance and support is essential. The slides you use can help you run efficient, effective board meetings that get the most out of the discussions they elicit.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Build a founding team, choose a VC and recruit your board

TechCrunch

” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. The composition of the board can also impact your fundraising.

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How to Fix Broken Communications During a Crisis

Entrepreneurs' Organization

According to a Harvard Business Review article entitled “Dismantle Office Politics by Being Transparent,” forcing people to read between the lines can result in “misinterpretation and gossip.” The article recommends being “open about your motives.” Anticipate their concerns, and the framework of your message becomes clear.

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Why Challenging Times Can Help us Learn, Grow and Find our ‘Flow’

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Once we have taken stock, we can arm ourselves with the new data and use it to challenge the thinking of our boards or investors. We learned how the RAWI framework can be a simple but powerful method of taking control of the situation. and more articles from the EO blog. This data might be more valuable to us than first thought.

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From Misfit to This Fits: My Entrepreneurial Journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Kate is president of the EO Winnipeg chapter and serves on the EO Canada Board as Canada’s MPD (Member Products Director). I realized that for so many entrepreneurs, “design” was a mindset: our lives and businesses could be designed with the right series of decisions, habits, systems, processes and frameworks. ask me why I’ve changed.

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Be Careful About Being a Meddling Startup CEO

Both Sides of the Table

So operating at a higher level, helping to set the framework for decision making and then sitting down and watching the game be played, is certainly the way to go.” I see this in cases where sometimes board members don’t want to take on the “Pottery Barn Rule” that if you break it, you fix it.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Find your valuation, international visas, hiring for growth

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In a TC+ post, Martinez explains how to identify the right kind of growth hire, which traits to look for, and how to set clear expectations and milestones once they’re on board. And maybe one of your subscription boxes.