board startup founder support 
Paul G. Silva
APRIL 1, 2025
As I shared in a previous post , when I was president of Click Workspace, a startup coworking space, our board chairman delivered feedback that hit me hard: I wasn’t paying enough attention to our financials. Many founders would leave board meetings with lengthy to-do lists. The key is finding the right balance.
StartupNation
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Way back in 2014, an aspiring entrepreneur came to us with an idea for SMS customer support as a service. After 25 million customer support text messages between brands and their customers, Teckst was acquired without ever finding that elusive technical cofounder. He was fresh off a corporate job and wanted to fast-track his MVP.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
They have been supportive when we’ve been doing well and also when we’ve made changes to the business. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. The firm’s brand is important, as is your relationship with the individual who can go to bat for you and support you within the firm.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 26, 2022
When we get involved in Seed investments we usually represent 60–80% in one of the first institutional rounds of capital, we almost always take board seats and then we serve these founders over the course of a decade or longer. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
I had a 3-hour board meeting with another. I sent an email to another about what I thought we should cover at his next board meeting and what was missing from the deck he sent. Customer support – After my pre-breakfast meeting I had my actual breakfast meeting. It was a young, first-time entrepreneur who wanted to meet.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 8, 2014
So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. Fly out to CA, NY, BOS and tell investors that you’ll willing to do the majority of board meetings there. You only want them to commit to attending 1-2 board meetings a year in your home town. Mavens & Marketing.
TechCrunch
JULY 19, 2022
. “We are convinced that startups will continue to be key in providing the innovation required to finally bring the digital world to the real world, and that they will help produce industrial goods in a sustainable manner and thus strengthen supply chains and tackle climate change.”. TC: Do you tend to lead the rounds? . AH: Absolutely.
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