This is going to be BIG.

JULY 16, 2014

That also means that I need to act in a way that ensures my ability to get future opportunities to invest their capital in attractive deals. I believe that ethics and opportunity for investors will go hand in hand over the long term--and opportunity drives returns. Venture Capital & Technology'

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MARCH 18, 2019

Resistor is a bit under the radar as a very cool community—and so being associated with it was a signal that I could have only known about if, again, I spent all of my efforts as a seed investor turning over every rock looking for opportunity. This is exactly the wrong way to think about the economic opportunity presented by innovation.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 19, 2021

There are a few opportunities to address this issue. I also think startup boards need to evolve. There should be many more independent directors and many fewer investor directors on startup boards. Investors should be more open to observer seats and founders should have more say in which investors sit on their boards.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 25, 2025

Redesigning for Reality Once I accepted the brutal facts, we transformed the organization: We shifted our purpose : From helping sophisticated investors find deals to helping new angels learn how to invest successfully.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. 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. We have to have strong conviction in the quality of the team and the opportunity and commit more quickly.

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MAY 27, 2014

Last week, for just the second time ever, I passed on an investment opportunity because of the terms of the deal--both the price and the legal structure of the agreement. No wonder people are questioning where the boards of these companies were. No one from the firm leading the deal will join the board.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2024

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t make you a great leader, Creating opportunities for others is commendable, but true leadership goes beyond business ownership. After several years of expanding that legacy brand, I launched a property technology company to help renters and property owners find and exchange opportunities in Kenya.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Thanks to everyone who supported me along the way, especially to the awesome team at First Round who gave me the opportunity to build a track record, to learn how to be a board member, how to leverage the help you provide portfolio companies, and figure out how much I wanted to avoid long weekly partner meetings. :)' So there ya go.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Meditation apps like Headspac e and Calm will provide opportunities for users to unwind after a long day of solitary work or managing a household full of kids off school. Hasbro , which currently has five of the 10 top-selling board games on Amazon, has major potential here. Opportunity in the Stay-Home Economy. Streaming Media.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Freedom to succeed or fail on my own accord (though failure is just another opportunity). Opportunity to Fix What’s Broken. But the greatest is the opportunity to fix what’s broken. But the next day, you have the opportunity to get up and make it better. Freedom to set my own goals, vision and mission.

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Revolution

MARCH 10, 2025

billion board feet of usablewood. Scaling a BetterSystem A recurring theme among the 150+ startups weve backed is that, often, the countrys biggest challenges are the most compelling innovation opportunities. The numbers tell thestory: Every year, the U.S. generates approximately 45 million tons of tree waste, the equivalent of 7.2

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 22, 2021

Launching a new chapter gives EO members the opportunity to do just that and, arguably, even more. Imagine his excitement when he heard about the Canada Bridge Chapter: A chance to reconnect with fellow entrepreneurs and an opportunity to be in Forum, which he missed so much. the Bridge?and

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MAY 11, 2015

In case you're curious what the deal funnel means for my time, I did that, too: Seeing an opportunity could mean an e-mail, a calendar request, a pitch at a demo day, a news item, a LinkedIn position change--really anything that makes me conscious that a new startup might exist. There are weird parts, like board meetings being an hour a day.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. Nothing blows up great opportunities faster than founders who are constantly fighting. Industry or Operating Experience?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 15, 2023

Miranda is Board Director of CRDB Bank Plc and Board Chair of the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative that empowers hundreds of women from across the continent. She is Board Vice Chair of CCBRT Hospital and an active member-leader of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization where she serves as Chair of Global Learning.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And as a VC I often cultivate relationships with the most talented people with whom I’ve worked over the years and look for opportunities to work with them again. Marketing departments, software partners and investors have now woken up to this opportunity. It’s the founders who are willing to let you join their boards.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Surrounding yourself with diverse teams means being exposed to a lot of different perspectives and creates learning opportunities not possible when everyone you deal with professionally looks and acts like you do. I will back a wide variety of types of companies—everything from The Wing to Imagen.

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JULY 8, 2013

That''s kind of like what it''s like being on board with these companies after you make an early stage investment. Even the best and most active board members can still feel pretty helpless. 4) Most of the job isn''t in the picking, it''s in the struggling. Ever watch an animal get hit by a car and limp around afterwards?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! Landsman had been an independent Stash board member since mid-2022 and has previously served in operations and leadership roles at Jet.com, Citigroup, BlackRock and E-Trade. Collective raised its latest round , a Series A, in May 2021.

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MAY 28, 2013

It''s an especially relevant question for me as I''ve recently joined the board of the Bronx Academy for Software Engineering , one of two software focused high schools in NYC. Don''t get me wrong--I think software literacy is extremely important.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

I guess he was as excited about the opportunity as I was! I think the progress, opportunity and enthusiasm of the team and investors in MakeSpace was truly contagious – I can’t wait to announce his arrival soon. And for the next several months the founders literally ran the business.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

It’s an incredibly valuable event for both EO Accelerators and EO members with startups that want to attract investments in addition to EO members who are looking for the right investment opportunity. Each person gets 90 seconds to share the details of the investment opportunity or the “deal need” they’re presenting or seeking.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 25, 2015

We now have 150 people across three offices, tens of millions in recurring revenue, inbound demand from investors, opportunities to acquire related startups and demands on Jason’s time to speak at conference, do press interviews and so on and so on. So we as a board kicked off a search for the next CEO.

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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. I’m not a big fan of governance; I think if you engage as a team member with a founder, you have much more influence than if you’re sitting on a board and voting,” he said.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

Our founder, Yves Sisteron, was my mentor and board member at my first startup. My other partner, Steven Dietz, was on the board of my second company. So I patiently waiting until there was a good opportunity to bring Stuart on board and took the opportunity when it presented itself.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families. If I could close with some advice for startups and boards ….

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Forming a board. Board members can provide useful feedback, help to focus the founding team, and provide a network of contacts. . They get caught in a sea of too many problems, too many opportunities, without a good idea of what to do first to coalese their ideas into a single vision. . Venture Capital & Technology'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2014

As an alternative I’ve also found board meetings to be a good rallying call. It gives a tangible goal and also the reward of the team that completes the project the opportunity to interact with the board.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

In 2021, we saw new programs and funding opportunities from the EDA and SBA to rebuild, sustain and grow entrepreneurship. Jon Krajack came on board to provide project and pioneering entrepreneurship research support, and Johanna Cook started this fall to support enhanced marketing and communications activities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Your first year with EO is a journey of discovery, filled with opportunities to grow and connect. Here is a sampling of EO opportunities to maximize your first 12 months with the organization: Join a Forum for entrepreneurial growth and support. I see opportunities differently, both personally and professionally.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. That enabled us to bring Rob Bailey on board as the CEO and it was the best decision we could have made at the time. We simply wouldn’t be here today staring at this opportunity in front of us without Rob’s leadership.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 3, 2024

Strategy summits are opportunities for growth, connection, putting steel to the grindstone, and sharpening processes to drive transformation. The most effective facilitators I’ve had the privilege of learning from guide leadership boards toward a vision of the future while commemorating and leveraging all that has been built in the past.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

By fostering early exposure and education about entrepreneurship and other career paths, Franc.World is paving the way for an inclusive landscape where everyone has equal opportunities to succeed. — Jenifer Clift, EO Melbourne, Director of Otto Stronger Female Networks Mentoring opportunities are less often afforded to women.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

A diverse founding team finds an opportunity to address fragmented services in these two major regions. Now, with Flourish Ventures on board, we are laying the foundation for global expansion. In these regions, payment infrastructure has often been underdeveloped and fragmented.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

But as I rose in my career (and post MBA) I moved into a role in which I was to advise board-level executives on topics where I was expected to rapidly become an expert. We are their sparring partners, their sounding boards. I love the intellectual challenge of trying to figure out what hypothesis I think holds for each opportunity.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

What I’ve been trying to do is to actually describe the level at which “top performance” is happening for all of the various facets of the job—things like reputation, screening, board participation, etc. The thing that stood out to me about Peter was just the amount of preparation work he would do before every board meeting.

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