Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors Author: Brad Feld | Language: English | ISBN:
B00E8NJEPW | Format: EPUB
Startup Boards: Getting the Most Out of Your Board of Directors Description
An essential guide to understanding the dynamics of a startup's board of directorsLet's face it, as founders and entrepreneurs, you have a lot on your plate—getting to your minimum viable product, developing customer interaction, hiring team members, and managing the accounts/books. Sooner or later, you have a board of directors, three to five (or even seven) Type A personalities who seek your attention and at times will tell you what to do. While you might be hesitant to form a board, establishing an objective outside group is essential for startups, especially to keep you on track, call you out when you flail, and in some cases, save you from yourself.
In Startup Boards, Brad Feld—a Boulder, Colorado-based entrepreneur turned-venture capitalist—shares his experience in this area by talking about the importance of having the right board members on your team and how to manage them well. Along the way, he shares valuable insights on various aspects of the board, including how they can support you, help you understand your startup's milestones and get to them faster, and hold you accountable.
- Details the process of choosing board members, including interviewing many people, checking references, and remembering that there should be no fear in rejecting a wrong fit
- Explores the importance of running great meetings, mixing social time with business time, and much more
- Recommends being a board member yourself at some other organization so you see the other side of the equation
Engaging and informative, Startup Boards is a practical guide to one of the most important pieces of the startup puzzle.
- File Size: 1671 KB
- Print Length: 240 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (December 9, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00E8NJEPW
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,695 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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As expected, this book has been a truly valuable resource. As a first time CEO - this book has helped me to understand how to assemble and get the most out of a board of directors - which is what I was looking for. If you've read Brad's blog or any of his previous books - you should have a good idea of what to expect. It's plain-spoken, with plenty of examples from real-life situations.
By Keith
As stated early in the book, "most startups fail due to self-inflicted wounds", including ignoring the importance of recruiting the right Board. Whatever stage your business is in, invest your time to read and act on the advice from this terrific book, it will make you a better CEO. Brad Feld's experience, augmented by contributions from other successful business builders will give you the best perspective on how to recruit a Board that will challenge you, guide you, support you and most importantly, call you out, when required.
By Brian Grega
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