NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The immersive three-and-a-half-day programme is based around three key themes – board leadership, cultural intelligence and climate awareness. Each day focusses on a different facet of being a director – you, your board and practical governance. Would I attend another ADC which focussed on other topics? Absolutely!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. Without the right people in the right seats who live by your core values and culture, you won’t be able to deliver to your ideal client. In addition to high-level conferences, where else can you meet CEOs?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 23, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Angie Singer Keating to its Board of Directors as President. Her thought leadership extends to her role as the former board president of i-SIGMA, the International Secure Information Governance and Management Association.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Instead, our board pushed us to think bigger: What would it take to truly transform our region’s economy? The results matched expert evaluations while: Reducing systemic bias Ensuring every applicant got useful feedback Reinforcing our culture of entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs Prize Money Distribution? Rethink It.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Within 5 years I was on the board of real businesses with meaningful revenue, strong balance sheets, no debt and on the path to a few interesting exits. I wrote a post in 2015 that memorialized at the time how I felt about all of this, titled, “ Why I F **g Hate Unicorns and the Culture They Breed.” And it changed the culture.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Despite this, the relative universal appeal of accessibility as a principle does not mean that it will be as easy as explaining the need and getting people on board to make major organizational changes. This starts with having the right people on board. It’s not woven into the business culture. You have the why.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. In 2017, Stone publicly announced he was returning to Twitter to lead strategic vision, brand, and culture, where he remained until 2021. million in seed funding (5.1

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

I see this in cases where sometimes board members don’t want to take on the “Pottery Barn Rule” that if you break it, you fix it. While everybody can easily point at VCs or board members and accuse them of being meddlers, the same is actually true of many CEOs. It sets the wrong culture. CEO’s beware.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

You bring it up because you really care, and I think it's nice that you really care, the rest of us don't care," said Palihapitiya, who is also on the board of Virgin Galactic. For all the complaints from the right and the tech libertarians about cancel culture, these folks couldn’t be further from being canceled. It’s below his line.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

For me, it’s my team and the culture we’ve created together. We asked leaders of organizations that have been recognized as outstanding workplaces to share their perspectives on creating great company culture. No need for lots of extra rules when implicit trust (not subservience) is foundational to your culture. “We Build trust.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

Cultivate an inclusive network with culturally competent support. The conversation introduced a new framework for inclusive community development that incorporates cultural understanding, talent development and new venture creation. Everyone should feel comfortable asking for help with their business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

I’ve worked very closely with Matt over the past four years as we share an investment in a company in Los Angeles called NextPlus and we sat on a board together for years. We toughed it out together with other board members and encouraged the company to rebuild the team and the product from ground up. He’s committed.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 11, 2018

While candidate quality is sometimes an issue, or culture fit, or some other quality, most of the time the issue is that the company just isn't getting enough people into the top of the funnel. The other day, I was in a board meeting and we were talking about the need for a software engineer. The team already had a lead on board.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 13, 2019

There’s no reason why a culture needs to fall apart at the seams in a hypergrowth startup. The company’s misogynist culture was well documented before Susan Fowler tipped the scales in 2017 and I don’t recall a single investor saying anything about it up to that point.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2011

If I bring them on board now, how do I not reduce the motivation from those that I have already hired? Culture matters. Along the same lines as aptitude I would say that “company culture” matters. As times get tough you’ll value this culture. It’s a must read and has great advice on building a company culture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

And seeing them hit their stride, find their passion and thrive in our culture is beyond fulfilling. Weaknesses are no longer obscured by “culture.” It’s been like having my own board of directors, for both my business and personal life. This has been my greatest joy in being an entrepreneur. I aggressively invest in people.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

And it seems to be creeping back into startup culture of late in a worrying way. And having too much money certainly raises board expectations that you will do big things quickly. No board is going to give you $25 million up front and then expect your year-one staff expenditures to be $2 million. Yet it tempts us all.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

In the public stock market, activist investors rally institutionals to affect change in the investing landscape--keeping boards in check. That not only needs to be made to be part of the culture of the group, but there needs to be structures in place to allow that to happen--and it needs to be marketed to the outside as a benefit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2024

As the world’s premier, purpose-built organization with a mission to empower entrepreneurs from every industry, culture, and sector, the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a member-led community created for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. She currently serves as EO’s Senior Global Board Advisor for Leadership Communications and Brand.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 31, 2022

Gotham Gives is run by Jennifer Klopp and we are joined on the board by our long-time friend and philanthropic partner Sarah Holloway. In our case, that is change we want to see in our home, New York City, and we are committed to investing in programs that leverage community, knowledge, and culture to drive positive change for New York City.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In a mere 10 years as millennials and Generation Z become more prominent the cultural changes they will drive will cause more awareness en masse of: lowering ones carbon footprint. eliminating herbicides & pesticides. eating natural, organic fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs & lettuce year round – even in cold climates.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After numerous discussions we held the line and all agreed as a board that profitability was much more important than chasing new markets and that perfecting our systems and methods was critical before we expanded and just increase the scope of our problems to solve. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 30, 2025

In conjunction with the funding, Mercury also announced an expansion of its board of directors, including the appointment of four new members. Amongst them is Tim Mayopoulos, a seasoned financial executive best known for leading the FDICs stabilization efforts following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in 2023.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

I think as a tech industry we have bred a culture that places more emphasis on product excellence than managing human behavior. There were cultural challenges across the board. In many cases it’s easier if this person isn’t a board member or VC unless you have an extremely close or trusting relationship with them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The frequency you choose depends on what’s going on at your company and the pace of change within your culture. These few negative comments have made me become more nervous and worried about our culture and team happiness,” said Rand Fishkin, Moz’s founder. Take a weekly pulse. But I prefer to know and deal with the issues.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I used to believe that one of the reasons for this phenomenon was that a different venue or culture offered me a change in perspective. Over the years, I have consistently noticed that I get many new and different ideas when I travel away from home and get out of my regular routine.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. A cultural gulf has opened up between the realms I call brains and brawn. Whatever terms you prefer, it’s time to bridge the gulf and reframe the dichotomy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

As a result, it opens up opportunities for growth, innovation, adaptability, and a strong culture. Enhanced communication My team now collaborates more effectively, leading to a stronger culture and better project execution with improved outcomes and performance. A few of the most impactful benefits I’ve realized are: 1.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. Khosla, who spoke onstage at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles this week, spoke about the culture of capital. We don’t — no matter how important an issue.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

. — Annika Launay, EO Queensland, CEO of Franc.World Equal Representation At The Top Seeing more women on boards of top organizations and in political leadership roles would have a significant impact on entrepreneurship for women. Workplaces need to go beyond that and embed these initiatives into their culture.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Dana Satterwhite (pictured at left, below) brings 25 years of creative communication experience, always striving to make a deep connection , move product, shift perceptions, affect hearts and influence culture. I wasn’t on board with their suggestion but had another idea with my long-time friend and collaborator, Dana Satterwhite.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But in my experience it’s surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda. Is she getting enough board exposure? Is she feeling motivated?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

With one single arc he had the chance to experience two great firms with distinct cultures and working practices and did all of this in his 20s. I worked on two boards with Kobie (Invoca & Osmo) where I got to experience his operating insights and work ethic first hand.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2023

Moreover, what works well for one company’s culture and working style may not work well elsewhere, even within the same industry. Involve the C-suite From my experience helping 21 organizations transition to hybrid work, it’s crucial for the whole C-suite to be actively involved in formulating the metrics, and for the Board to approve them.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The Board approved the choice, and the new CEO was announced without ­explanation or context. Is the Board aligned with management? What’s the culture of the organization? Management was criticized for letting the hiring committee select candidates hastily and in secret. If so, why? How is it different? If not, why?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2023

— Megan Milar, EO Cincinnati, CEO, The Garage Group Shift toward more inclusive and diverse workplaces As a woman CEO, I believe that we need to eradicate the culture of sexism and discrimination from businesses. Finally, we need more women on boards and in leadership.

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