Startup Boards Is Shipping
Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors is shipping. It was so satisfying to see this today. This was by far the most difficult book to write
Board of Directors
Create Structure out of the Gate and You’ll Thank Yourself Later
Ari Newman is an entrepreneur, mentor, investor, and a friend. He works at Techstars where his responsibility is to ensure that the connections between alumni, mentors, and staff are as
Mentor Whiplash About Early Board Members
At TechStars, we talk often about “mentor whiplash” – the thing that happens when you get seemingly conflicting advice from multiple mentors. Talk to five mentors; get seven differen
Do You Publish Your Board Book To Your Entire Company?
Over and over again people talk about transparency. Many people assert they are transparent, or are being transparent. Few actually are. I was thinking about this last night while watching
Do You Need A Board Chairman?
I’ve been on a lot of boards. I’m still on a lot of boards. And I’ve been thinking about boards a lot as I work on my next book Startup
The Best Approach To A Board Package
I joined my first board of a company other than mine in 1994 (NetGenesis). Since then, I’ve sat on hundreds of boards and been to a zillion board meetings. It
All CEOs Should Be An Outside Director For One Company
This week I had two meetings with CEOs of companies we’ve recently invested in where the question of “what is an ideal board meeting” came up. I’m writing an entire
Monthly Financials, Quarterly Board Meetings, Continuous Communications
I’ve been writing about boards of directors some lately – both changing my behavior as well as thinking out loud as I explore reinventing how boards work for the book
Should Your Board Members Be On The all@company.com Email List?
tl;dr – Yes. I’m on the all@company.com list for a number of the companies I’m on the board of. CEOs and entrepreneurs who practice TAGFEE welcome this. I haven’t universally a
Should VC Board Observers Rights Exist?
Over the past year, I’ve been systematically trying to change the way the board meetings work for the companies that I’m on the boards of. I’ve done a bunch of