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Mar 02, 2023
In Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, the authors provide seasoned advice and guidance to CEOs, board members, investors, and anyone aspiring to serve on a board. The have collectively served on hundreds of startup and scaleup boards over the past 30 years, attended thousands of board meetings, encountered multiple personalities and situations, and seen the good, bad, and ugly of boards.
This comprehensive book covers a wide range of topics with relevant tips, tactics, and best practices, including:
(1.) Board fundamentals such as the board's purpose, legal characteristics, and roles and functions of board members;
(2.) Creating a board including size, composition, roles of VCs and independent directors, what to look for in a director, and how to recruit directors;
(3.) Compensating, on-boarding, removing directors, and suggestions on building a diverse board;
(4.) Preparing for and running board meetings;
(5.) The board's role in transactions including selling a company, buying a company, going public, and going out of business;
(6.) Advice for independent and aspiring directors.
Startup Boards is based on the writers' personal experiences and include anecdotes from board members, business founders, executives, and investors. Every CEO, Board member, investor, or executive interested in developing an active, involved, and engaged board should read this book and have it available for reference.
He is the founder of Secure Octane, a cybersecurity seed fund in the San Francisco Bay area. He is the author of The Business of Venture Capital and The Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs.
He is the CEO of Bolster, an on demand talent marketplace that supports startup and scale up CEOs. He is the author of Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling up Your Business and Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company's Critical Functions and Teams.
He has invested in startups for over 25 years and co-founded Foundry and Techstars. He is the author of multiple books, including Venture Deals: Be Smarter than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist and Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City.
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