Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. Ten years on much has changed. The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There are a lot of tools that can help, but each has limitations: The Business Model Canvas identifies the big picture hypotheses of your venture… but struggles to help you ID what is needed to get all your key stakeholders on board. Just add a description of why your leadership team are the right ones for the job and you’re done.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

We owe a debt of gratitude to our tireless volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise, and dedication to our mission. In 2021, ACA launched its first formal DEI Task Force, made up of a diverse group of ACA members, board leaders, and ecosystem champions.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are deeply grateful to our dedicated volunteers and professional staff for their leadership, expertise and dedication to our mission. Funding for the Seed the Future Campaign has resulted in new enhancements to the Angel Funders Report as an accessible and reliable resource for angels and angel groups.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Launched the new Boards in Action course, available in March as part of the AU winter term. ACA leadership met with directors from the SBA, members of the Ways and Means Committee, policy directors at the SEC and several members of Congress. Published the AngelBox Basics Toolkit.

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Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

So how did a white-led family board make the decision to focus on racial equity? It took the board and staff a year to settle on language that captured our ethos and aspirations: fostering sustainable communities in the United States guided by principles of social justice. and basic community infrastructure (fire engines!).

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Hard skills training: Facilitation & leadership, more and better business support for entrepreneurs, organizational skills, work-life balance. I’d like to understand how to build effective multi-year plans that inspire and engage both funders of my own organization (and/or myself!) Lauren Mehler Pradhan. Gabe Munoz. Hard skills.

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