A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 28, 2023

Boards often discuss CEO performance without really knowing how things work inside the company. And CEOs often have very little visibility to how they are doing and what the board thinks about their performance. Without this information, it is hard to “level up.” I’ve written about this topic before.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2021

For pharmaceutical companies, especially medical affairs, the important lesson from this sad and sordid affair is as simple as it is powerful: Your advisory board matters — a lot. Those five words characterize Theranos’ board. focused on cardiac transplants who switched to politics long before he joined Theranos’ board.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

. — Annika Launay, EO Queensland, CEO of Franc.World Equal Representation At The Top Seeing more women on boards of top organizations and in political leadership roles would have a significant impact on entrepreneurship for women. However, simply hiring for diversity is not enough.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 15, 2021

That was the situation I found myself managing as I counseled and guided a company in navigating an internal communications crisis recently after turmoil erupted over a surprise change in leadership. The Board approved the choice, and the new CEO was announced without ­explanation or context. Is the Board aligned with management?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. The next step is to find potential ideal employees through an interview process structured to get both technical and behavioral information from candidates. Look for CEO roundtables and forums.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Here, we’re sharing an actionable guide for biotech leadership teams as they start the process of building or renovating their own data room. It is also OK to wait to share this particular piece of information until an investor expresses clear interest, and a desire to move towards consideration of a term sheet.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The qualitative data will guide your senior leadership team on how to react to the quantitative data. Rotating different questions allows us to capture input around the various drivers of employee happiness and gives management more specific information to work with,” explains David Niu, founder and CEO of TINYPulse.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 9, 2023

Personally, I’d rather leverage well-informed internal insights than act on what worked for someone else. Source feedback from team members to make well-informed decisions. Why miss out on such a great learning opportunity? Data over dictation. I will say that now is the time to experiment if you have the resources to do so.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2020

If you are the business owner or a key member of leadership, the buck stops with you. An employee leaks confidential information to a competitor or the media. A brand ambassador or member of your leadership team says something that disparages or threatens an entire subculture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In the second, I had little to no interaction to inform an opinion. Contributed to EO by Erick Slabaugh , a long-standing member leader of EO Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board, who is a serial entrepreneur, board member and advisor. Healthy relationships are built on kindness and trust.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

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. There are of course many Seed VCs who take board seats, don’t over-commit to too many deals and try to help with “company building” activities to help at a company’s vulnerable foundations.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For the time being, the board replaced him with Kenneth Kinyua , the former CEO of Kopo Kopo, a Pan-African payments business, who recently joined Dash for a regional leadership role in East Africa. However, Dash’s board, in a joint statement, communicated a different angle regarding the former chief’s current status to TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Share on Twitter Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member and mentor to startups, and an angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Tweaks in leadership are normal and healthy as a company grows.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

They can also be purely informative, like lists of events or resources you’ve discovered. If I read a guide that I find informative, I’m likely to hire that person to actually do the work. Perhaps SMS, but most people don’t want your thought leadership in their previous text inbox. Videos work here, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

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. While everybody can easily point at VCs or board members and accuse them of being meddlers, the same is actually true of many CEOs. I speak from experience. CEO’s beware.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This deconstructed and exclusive approach means the Company’s solutions are born self-contained without the risk of sensitive information exposure. Pryon’s unique innovations fill a void in America’s critical information systems, delivering augmented and secure intelligence to organizations of all sizes. In order for the U.S.

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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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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meanwhile, FI senior leaders and board members are intrigued by new products like Microsoft 365 Copilot and how generative AI can automate their internal workflows (and improve their bottom lines). Taken as a whole, FIs are at an especially receptive time for greater software adoption. And a surefire way to win over your economic buyer?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Hyperspectral imaging can provide detail about previously hidden information, including the chemical makeup of the scene it captures. Robson told me about how that key leadership team member came onboard. “Christine had been on our technical board of advisors for quite some time,” he said.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Mistake 3: Lack Of Leadership I have often observed that product inventors are not necessarily good communicators or leaders. Good leadership is the secret sauce of a successful startup. And always remember: Leadership is not everybody’s piece of cake. from an advisor or board of directors. Go deep and take your time.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As the site of a prior ACA Leadership Workshop event, Columbus set records for attendance and local sponsorship support that still stand today. For more information, visit www.rev1ventures.com.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2017

It’s an outstanding avenue for members to give back, especially if serving on the chapter board is not an option. The Atlanta EO chapter had a relatively small Accelerator program with 10 to 15 participants—or companies—and only one EO member overseeing the program on the chapter board. We transitioned to a quarterly membership cycle.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

.” — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 The search for more money : Mary Ann follows up on yesterday’s story about Stripe setting a deadline to go public with some additional information that Stripe had reportedly tried raising additional capital at a decreased valuation. Sarah has more. Startups and VC Kano, the venture-backed U.K.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They just don’t like making solitary, definitive statements without making sure you know all the variables and caveats—so you can be as informed as possible and not surprised at all when things don’t go exactly according to plan as typically happens in a startup. Those founders tend to be terrific to work with on the operational side.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Now that he’s become a VC he’s promising me he’ll provide way more public information and discourse so please welcome him by following him on Twitter and better yet welcoming him with a Tweet of your own linking to his Twitter handle or this post. Thank you. The idea immediately resonated. So what gives?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Here’s the short, short version of other stories: Powering job boards : While the tech sector is seeing layoffs, Kyle reports that Gloat grabs $90 million to build better internal job boards. Meet Tenet, which raised $18 million for its loan offering that could cut an average of $200 off the bill, Harri writes. chipmaker AMD.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2014

As a news junkie and seeker of information, I’m that guy who always has his car tuned to KPCC everyday to get my daily dose of NPR. But I find NPR and BBC to be some of the most thoughtful, unbiased and far-reaching (in topics) sources of mass-reach information that exist. ” Staying relevant will require leadership.

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Angel Capital Association

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Under Dannielle’s leadership, ACA’s frequency and quality of social media and other communications, especially using video, has exploded. Thanks to a leadership gift from John Harbison and other supporters, ACA is able to further invest in bringing out the science behind angel investing. Margaret Bacheler with Bill & Ann Payne.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It is a hugely compelling show because Zakaria covers world issues that will affect all of us in ways that are accessible and with frameworks for processing disparate information. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda. Is she getting enough board exposure? Is she feeling motivated?

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 31, 2021

We found a great example in Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company by Kevin Oakes. Does it share an organizational strategy or information about the culture that would be of interest to employees? Pressure from the board and/or investors. So, what are some best practices to follow?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

I’m not providing actual financial information or predicting a number or a date but I will tell you that the revenue growth to date has been astounding. That’s a bit like imagining Apple launching the 2007 iPhone and then not having 10-years of constant improvements to maintain its market leadership position. Forget the valuation?—?I

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For the other 50% of calls that are more complex, RedRoute will take in information and pass it along to agents who now have more time to give to those calls. Schiff plans to use the new capital to grow the business across the board, product development and key leadership. The funding round he refers to is $6.5

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. I started this series in part to help entrepreneurs but also to help newer investors because I’ve know with so many new companies you have so many new board members and many people are trying to figure out there respective roles.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. EQ and Team Leadership? Summary: Team Leadership skills, operating knowhow and industry knowledge are all tremendously important.

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

Here’s a high level overview: People: Executive Leadership Executive leaders are the folks who are ultimately responsible for bringing the company’s vision to life. The leadership team at any given company should spend a disproportionate amount of time on setting strategy, allocating resources, and developing roadmaps.

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