board presentation strategy 
Paul G. Silva
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Culture is Strategy This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 Why Culture Matters More Than Strategy People often say “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Jim Collins takes this further: culture doesn’t just influence strategyit becomes your strategy. .”
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 20, 2013
Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In his post he asserts, “You get the VCs you deserve” and the corollary “You get the performance out of your board that you deserve.” By spending more time educating your board on your business you get more valuable advice from them.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 3, 2010
As I prep for my first Backupify board meeting, I asked more experienced pros for their take on setting the right tone and starting things off right for productive board participation. I was so excited about the company that I was overly-active in the board meeting, to say the least. I talked over the other board members.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
I have been writing a series on how startup boards get selected, who sits on them and what to avoid. I started this series in part to help entrepreneurs but also to help newer investors because I’ve know with so many new companies you have so many new board members and many people are trying to figure out there respective roles.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 22, 2020
When Pete approached me for advice, I recommended the “Failure-Proofing” strategy, which is a pragmatic and easy-to-use technique to defend against planning and project disasters. He recruited Ann, a member of the firm’s Advisory Board, to be an independent facilitator. 3 Key Steps to Preventing Disasters in Implementing Decisions.
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