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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

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. Listen to Board Matters Season 3, Episode 2 to hear more from Maria King.

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

Both Sides of the Table

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. It’s not an “entrepreneurship manual&# but it will broaden your thinking nonetheless. American Pastoral by Philip Roth.

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Sisterhood of Success: Female Founders Share Insights on Thriving Together

Entrepreneurs' Organization

About a year and a half after starting my business, I joined EO and was quickly invited onto the board of directors where I sat with a woman who is so unapologetically herself. Let’s keep our focus on the end goal, which is to get 50–50 equality in entrepreneurship and pave the way for our children and future generations of leaders.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Adam played a hands-on role in helping many of our last class through funding and even took some board seats and advisory roles. So we’ll be supportive every initiative in town and doing all that we can in LA to encourage more tech entrepreneurship across any startup incubation or acceleration programs.

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How to build a startup advisory board

NZ Entrepreneur

Here’s how to build a startup advisory board. And while it often seems more involved and complex than it is in reality, setting up an advisory board is something you should look to put in place in the early stages of your entrepreneurial venture. Selecting an advisory board is the tricky part.

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Essential skills for an entrepreneur

NZ Entrepreneur

So I searched around and got someone on board who would share the vision and do the development.”. Getting the right people on board to give you the experience they have and guide you through spaces that you don’t know about is key.”. Tech Futures Lab’s new Entrepreneurship micro-credential is a fantastic way to do both at once.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

It’s clear that America has a vested interest in promoting entrepreneurship in many regions in the country to stimulate innovation & job creation. I’ve often talked about the NY advantage of having the NY Times, WSJ, Silicon Alley Insider, New York Magazine and even the editor of TechCrunch based there.