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The Pre-Board Board: How to Create Accountability Before You Give Away a Board Seat

This is going to be BIG.

Typically, investors don’t take a board seat until you raise your first equity round—which means that it could be *years* before you have a real board meeting: A year of nights/weekends work researching, prototyping, and fundraising. I’ll make it simple. How many is too many, for example?

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Celebrating Angie Singer Keating’s Appointment as Board President of Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Angie Singer Keating to its Board of Directors as President. Her thought leadership extends to her role as the former board president of i-SIGMA, the International Secure Information Governance and Management Association.

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Board Diversity

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

The board diversity problem is a symptom of a much broader problem around lack of diversity in founders that get funded and lack of diversity in VC firms. Most startup boards are made up of a few founders and a few VCs. No wonder you have no diversity on the board. Boards don’t need three or four VCs on them.

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Should board members be elected “for life?”

Berkonomics

No board member should be grandfathered, guaranteed a board seat forever. We have investigated the restrictions imposed by investment documents and the obvious need to keep continuity on the board with the retention of the CEO position at the very least. How about non-profit boards? And that’s not good.

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NJEDA Board Approves Program to Expand Access to Capital for Emerging Developers

American Entrepreneurship

(November 21, 2023) – Last week, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board approved a new $20 million pilot program to support rising real estate developers. The Emerging Developer Fund will help developers gain access to capital and build additional capacity to expand their existing portfolio.

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TELO announces strategic funding round, TESLA co-founder joins Board

American Entrepreneurship

Tesla co-founder joins TELO board timely guiding the company through its next development stage EV manufacturer TELO gained significant support for its innovative mini-truck via a $5.4 Marks previously was Chief Business Development Manager at National Instruments. The founding team is a convergence of talent and experience.

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NJEDA Establishes Diversity Finance Advisory Board

American Entrepreneurship

Board will work to increase capital to minority-owned startups, create diverse innovation economy WOODBRIDGE, N.J. The board will provide knowledge, guidance, and insights on ways to best increase capital, access, and investments in New Jersey’s diverse entrepreneurs.

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