Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When we invest they are often the company counsel so we see them at board meetings. They’ll invite you out to events in which you’ll meet their other clients, you can get to know them socially and hopefully develop a real mentorship relationship where every conversation is not on the clock. Our lives are intertwined.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

Guy Raz’s book “ How I Did It ” unpacks the journey of so many entrepreneurs. A partner can be a great sounding board as well. Not a mentor, not a paid consultant but a sounding board who’s directly invested into the growth of YOUR (and their) business. Mentorship. However, be careful.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer dollars … [The book] reveals the common flaws undermining far too many programs ? More posts by this contributor.

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Startup Blogpost

MAY 19, 2023

To understand the importance of mentorship for startup businesses, we gathered insights from 16 experienced CEOs, founders, and industry experts. Trevor Ewen , COO, QBench Networking Through Mentorship Startups need all the help they can get—and often, a mentor will introduce a new founder to various contacts to propel them forward.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Anyone’s CEO also reckons this “intimate”, short-form audio format could help drive diversity of advice by encouraging people whose voices may be underrepresented in traditional mentorship fora to feel more comfortable offering their time and knowledge to others. (He

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

These are the Financial Services Authority (OJK), which regulates and supervises the financial services sector, Bank Indonesia, which oversees banks, and the Majelis Ulama Indonesia (National Sharia Board-MUI), or the country’s leading Islamic scholars body. The MUI has published at least two fatwas on fintech.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? You will see in societies, people will just put a board outside of their house and start selling products. You have to go back to the drawing board and understand, why are people calling me, right? Vidit Aatrey [27:50] – Over time they also came on board.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

Board seat, typically retained until company exit. John Berger observed, “In many countries (like the US) you can’t force a board to make a redemption payment or dividend. Disclosures: Blue Future Partners is a member of the Advisory Board of ff Venture Capital , where David Teten was formerly a Partner. Governance.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

Board seat, typically retained until company exit. John Berger observed, “In many countries (like the US) you can’t force a board to make a redemption payment or dividend. Disclosures: Blue Future Partners is a member of the Advisory Board of ff Venture Capital , where David Teten was formerly a Partner. Governance.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collinss book, BE 2.0 Culture is Strategy This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 But our board chairman asked a simple question: “Is filling out forms fun? Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0).

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 20, 2020

There’s so much operational debt in working with airlines, from seats, luggage, meals, boarding and making changes. And Gordian helps solve a lot of those problems — it’s a simple and elegant API to help manage flight bookings and ancillaries so much better. He’s given me great mentorship on the product side.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 18, 2025

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 The Ripple Effect of Great Mentorship In BE 2.0, Mentorship isn’t just a nice-to-have leadership skill; it’s how we create impact that outlasts our tenure. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). ” Amen! You can do it.”

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

For example, Jason Calacanis shares in his book Angel the compensation structure for Sequoia’s Scout program: 45% of returns are given to the Scout, 50% to Sequoia, and the remaining 5% to a bonus pool for other Scouts in the program. Further reading: How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds.

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