Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Almost by definition. Mavericks are by definition bad at following rules and bad at process. But in the end they know how to put the big wins on the board. They are the LIFEBLOOD of sales organizations because they’re plentiful and deliver great value relative to their costs. They’re journeymen. Yeah, kind of.

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HPA

JANUARY 8, 2025

Chicago, IL – January 8, 2025 – Hyde Park Angels ( HPA ), a premier early-stage venture capital group specializing in investing through its unique People First model, is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, Simple Mills , has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Flowers Foods , Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In some ways it feels like a company that has gone partially remote—where you still get certain types of interaction on “office days” that you can’t get at home, but it’s definitely not what it was. Perhaps SMS, but most people don’t want your thought leadership in their previous text inbox. Here’s to the next 20 years of posting!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. These are all creative processes. That’s a shame.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. If you haven’t read it you should definitely buy it – other people just like you did. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

One of the most common questions we hear from founders is “How do I manage my board?” It’s something that provokes anxiety, because this is the first time the founder/CEO is subject to external supervision, and the board has powers that include the firing of the CEO and the senior management. But first, what’s the purpose of a board?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 22, 2024

I want to push that definition further, dig into the challenges that come with actually living by our core values. A recent study from Leadership IQ found that less than 50 percent of employees feel that their company has clearly identified core values. And that is definitely something that would have made my Mama proud.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 17, 2023

Left to right: Representative Richard Neal , ACA Board Member, Managing Director and Found of North Coast Ventures Clay Rankin , ACA CEO Pat Gouhin , Rich Palmer , Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group. The legislation, HR 3937 , has passed through the Ways and Means Committee and is awaiting debate on the House floor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

was definitely in the bucket of amazingly talented founders with a great product that hadn’t yet proved product/market fit. The board was unanimous in our opinion of this including outside director Ian Rogers who has served as Jonathan’s mentor and friend. I saw it first hand.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Kelvin serves on the Georgia Restaurant Association’s board of directors. Mandy: You definitely have to own your strengths and weaknesses to make a partnership work. How has your EO experience impacted your entrepreneurial journey and leadership style? They’re invaluable as a sounding board for support and advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. thought leadership. They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. I have board meetings, company pitches, internal partner meetings, etc. This post originally ran on TechCrunch. Absofuckinglutely. accessibility. authenticity.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2019

They just don’t like making solitary, definitive statements without making sure you know all the variables and caveats—so you can be as informed as possible and not surprised at all when things don’t go exactly according to plan as typically happens in a startup. that same founder will give the most unequivocal, most confident “Yes!”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

In regular business, it definitely helps to have expertise; but entrepreneurs are in the business of solving problems that have never been solved before, so there are no experts yet. Jim McKelvey is the cofounder of Square, and served as the chairman of its board until 2010, and still serves on the Board of Directors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Seed round lead investor MaC Venture Capital recognized the immense potential for hyperspectral, and Robson told me that it was clear from the start the firm and new Wyvern Board member Adrian Fenty were a perfect match for the young company. Robson told me about how that key leadership team member came onboard.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Instead, there were definitely [points] at which we had to take inventory and ultimately put the company back on track.” But beyond Movafaghi’s leadership, he ultimately likes the focus of the company and believes that product analytics is still a young market with lots of growth potential.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2021

There are many different paths to success and many different definitions of how to succeed in business. No matter what your definition of success is, some of the ingredients of success will be the same. A partner can be a great sounding board as well. For some, success means spending more time with their families. Narrow Focus.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Through ACA’s strong and experienced public policy leadership team, ACA has been able to gain more diverse voices as both investors and entrepreneurs. House and Senate staff turned to ACA to understand the impact of changing the definition on the angel community. What We’ve Done So Far This Year 2023 has been extremely busy for ACA.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. Practice Academy definition meeting, Milan 2011. Global leadership pioneering meetings. Leadership team. Here’s her story. Unlikely Allies.

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Hunter Walk

JANUARY 16, 2022

Even before my Jarrod Dicker starting tweeting in his “web2 vs web3” style, I gave him s**t about his thought leadership which seemed to be 80% “that’s smart” and 20% “what did you just smoke because I have no idea what this means?” But seriously… Music is definitely the best representation of me. We were definitely too early.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Launched the new Boards in Action course, available in March as part of the AU winter term. Similarly, we fought to keep the accredited investor definition from revisions on Capitol Hill that would serve to exclude more angels from participating in the startup space. Published the AngelBox Basics Toolkit.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 23, 2023

January 20, 2023 - ACA Leadership met with Commissioner Hester Peirce of the SEC to talk about the accredited investor definition, QSBS, and what success looks like in a thriving startup ecosystem. Joining the ACA Chair and CEO were past and present leadership of RTP Capital Associates, The Launch Place and First Flight Venture Center.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Zoe Jervier Hewitt is a leadership coach and talent partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures , where she helps portfolio companies structure and accelerate their search for talent by facilitating connections to the right technology and people required to source candidates at each stage of company growth. Zoe Jervier Hewitt. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

In a call with TechCrunch, co-founder and board member Vladimir Mnogoletniy noted that vehicles listing is the second most popular category on Jiji. “We have leading positions in all markets we’re present in and are definitely the classifieds leader in the region. Now, let’s get to why the acquisition is important.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Former Pivotal president Bill Cook came on board as CEO at the same time they were announcing their last funding round in June and brought some enterprise chops to the table. As they add employees, the leadership team is cognizant of the importance of building a diverse and inclusive workforce, while recognizing the challenges in doing so.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”. David Teten is a past Advisor to Real Ventures. *We

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Pro already has a “couple of thousand” subscribers, Reber said, enough to prove out that “we definitely see our business model working.” I’m very proud to be joining the board of a European company with its sights set on a truly global opportunity.”. “We

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

Such is leadership. I have often found entrepreneurs want to present the positive progress of the company to impress the board rather than engage in debate about how to make things better. Of course there are times where a board’s voice is gospel: mergers, raising capital, replacing the CEO, etc.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Leadership, she’s been on the leadership team for two massive businesses, and so who better to hear from on that topic than Claire. Claire Hughes Johnson : Yeah, definitely. So we definitely shouldn’t talk about dog training since that is not something that I should have on my resume. COO, what does it mean?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

We’ve definitely not been an overnight success. I think that we’ve definitely carved a place for ourselves in the market. This is definitely not a hobby. That’s a huge business and that’s definitely a market that we are focusing on and honing in on. We are a brand. Ramon Ray: Got it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. Under his leadership, Expectful grew to profitability and over 13,000 paid users. I think it caught her off guard,” Krassner said, who is still a board member at the company. Even if it was just for a few months. Over time, the idea stuck. The new Expectful.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2014

When you hire somebody really strong in this function you can also give her the task of creating your board presentations. The average CEO spends 8-12 hours (sometimes more) preparing for board meetings. CEO’s need leverage. B round companies need to also look for scaling opportunities. Other B-round scaling issues?

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

The definition of “team” in this case is a group created by a leader to achieve a specific goal. Here’s a high level overview: People: Executive Leadership Executive leaders are the folks who are ultimately responsible for bringing the company’s vision to life. What is a “Dream Team”? The business acumen to make P&L decisions?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

How-to guides, eBooks, thought leadership, and other educational content can help the target grow familiar with your brand. Build a library of templates for each different type of email that you typically send, using the same brand elements across the board but ensuring each template is still visually distinct. out-of-the-box design.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I just always thought that there is an obviously huge gap between male and female funding, and we definitely need to find ways to reduce that. I think more female investors definitely means more female entrepreneurs, which is a great thing. I struggled with the fact that I didn’t see faces like mine. Jihan Abass, CEO, Lami.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

BCG (January 2018): “Companies that reported above-average diversity on their management teams also reported innovation revenue that was 19 percentage points higher than that of companies with below-average leadership diversity — 45% of total revenue versus just 26%.”. David Teten is a past Advisor to Real Ventures. *We

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Surdna Foundation

DECEMBER 11, 2020

So how did a white-led family board make the decision to focus on racial equity? It took the board and staff a year to settle on language that captured our ethos and aspirations: fostering sustainable communities in the United States guided by principles of social justice. and basic community infrastructure (fire engines!).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

By definition?—?I’m Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. There are of course many Seed VCs who take board seats, don’t over-commit to too many deals and try to help with “company building” activities to help at a company’s vulnerable foundations.

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