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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

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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). So what follows are Five Question with Nilam.

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

Both Sides of the Table

Be careful about board construction. Can always appoint other startup CEOs to the board to take founder seats (which you control) and/or bring in industry experts as independents. Equally – a great VP Finance can be leveraged well to take on finance, legal, HR and much of the operational tasks. Limit the number of VCs.

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The Problem with Startup Advice

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Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. VCs construct stories in their head as to why they invested in this or that, and much of it is based on prior experience, but they're often awful at articulating the real reasons. Why ever read another tech blog?

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4 Ways Raising a Family and a Company Share More in Common Than You Think

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Here’s what I mean: My monthly Forum meetings with EO peers have taught me not only how to have more respectful, vulnerable, deeply connecting and constructive conversations around the board table; they have also helped me navigate delicate discussions at home with my family. and more articles from the EO blog.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. I have a process I use for blog posts, too. These are all creative processes. I had my model in hand.

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The Power of Getting the Band Back Together

Both Sides of the Table

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. My other partner, Steven Dietz, was on the board of my second company. So I patiently waiting until there was a good opportunity to bring Stuart on board and took the opportunity when it presented itself. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well.

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13 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Best Business Advice

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Your job, as an entrepreneur, is to find as many pieces of the puzzle as you can, from as many different, experienced people as possible, and then to construct your own version of that puzzle as best as you can. A version of this article originally appeared on Kym Huynh’s blog. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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