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Influence Meets Innovation: How Founders and Cultural Leaders Can Work Together

Andreessen Horowitz

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. Executives could be preparing for a big board meeting, quarterly earnings calls, or managing very large teams. Entertainers could be on tour, shooting a film, or recording an album.

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9 Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal the Biggest Startup Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

StartupNation

Learn leadership and management skills, so you don’t waste valuable time on employee churn and the hiring process. But the thing is, the solution is simple: admit what you don’t know and put the right person in place to get the information you need. Find one mentor who has actually done it, and go deep on their information.

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Taking stock of the VC industry’s progress on diversity, equity and inclusion

TechCrunch

As overall DEI strategies have become increasingly widespread, more firms have also developed DEI-focused recruitment and hiring programs — 33% of firms have formal programs, while 74% have informal programs, both reflecting steady increases from 2016. Assessing inclusion remains a challenge.

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Reflections from the Womenomics 2.0 Event at the Brookings Institute

Entrepreneurs' Organization

” The morning consisted of a presentation by Mitsue Kurihara, a Board member from the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), who launched the DBJ Women Entrepreneurs Center in November 2011; and a moderated panel with three female entrepreneurs: Donna Fujimoto Cole, Fujiyo Ishiguro and Sachiko Kuno. When asked what motivated her, Ms.

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What has KOBO360 been up to in the last 2 years?

TechCrunch

With the informal nature of their jobs and a nonexisting credit profile, considering the majority don’t own a bank account, it’s difficult for them to access loans. Ozor mentioned how undergoing several changes, self-doubt and fatigue took a toll on his mental health; eventually, he had to sort help through some mentorship programs.

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What Makes a Great Independent Board Member?

Both Sides of the Table

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. This post sets out how I believe founders (and investors) should think about independent board members having worked with many of them for the past 20 years. The board is where large equity investors get their representation.

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Twitter’s first comms exec is building a comms network for execs

TechCrunch

All background that makes his latest bet all the more interesting: Mixing Board , a startup to bring together communications and marketing leaders in one spot to help clients avoid “the BS PR stuff.”. Right now, it’s free for comms leaders to join Mixing Board. Over 200 people are in the community to date. Be direct, be clear.