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Why I Don’t Like Board Observers
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. I wrote recently about the role of Advisory Boards in startups, which I expected to be a bit controversial. People love their advisers and I don’t...
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Running More Effective Board Meetings at Startups
Like many of you I’ve sat through my fair share of Board Meetings over the past decade. For the most part I’d call them Bored Meetings. The first 7 years I was running them and the past 3 years I’ve...
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How To Communicate with your Investors between Board Meetings
Running the “Agile” Board Most early stage startups having monthly board meetings. I normally recommend 8 meetings per year. It makes no sense to meet in August or December due to travel schedules of...
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Why You Should Ban Laptops & iPads at Board Meetings
This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I haven’t had too many board meetings lately so I want to get this timely post out now lest somebody think I’m talking about their company or board in...
View ArticleRethinking Board Observers – The Role of the “Silent Observer”
It has always surprised me that founders were so quick to fight over how many board members there were and so quick to agree to have as many board observers as people wanted. I have always been...
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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board
Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. You should read it. More importantly if you don’t know DataSift but have the need to...
View ArticleWhy You’re Not Getting the Most out of Your Board
Most board meetings are “update meetings” where management downloads its status to a group of investors. These outside board members spend most of the board meeting trying to reacquaint themselves...
View ArticleHow to Control Your Board Discussion and Avoid Chaos
Recently I wrote the first post in a series on board meetings, entitled, “Why You’re Not Getting the Most out of Your Board,” which focused on the need to prepare properly, set good objectives and...
View ArticleHow Boards Need to Evolve Over Time
I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the...
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Why You Shouldn’t Decide Anything Important at Your Board Meeting
This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. There is an old saying in poker that if you don’t know who the sucker at the table is – it’s you. The same can be said of critical decisions in a board...
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