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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

You need someone you really trust, who is 100% independent, and has the ability to help both you and your team as you scale the company. The Gusto team then answers all those questions in the Google Doc by the morning of the board meeting, so the subsequent discussion inside the board meeting can focus on the two most strategic topics.

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From Self-Doubt to Starting Up: Words of Wisdom for Women Founders From YC Continuity Partner Anu Hariharan

Y Combinator

Last year, during Y Combinator’s Future Founders Conference , a16z’s Sonal Chokshi led a conversation on “Leveling the Playing Field” with Anu Hariharan, YC Continuity Partner. If you work at a startup, you have to wear that hat anyway, because you’re convincing other people to join the startup or even your own team.

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