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Reinventing the Board Meeting – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Silicon Valley, New York). Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. The Wrong Metrics.

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Why Board Meetings Suck – Part 1 of 2

Steve Blank

Silicon Valley, New York). Rather than invent a new form of corporate governance, venture investors adopted the traditional board meeting structure from large corporations. 3) An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. The Wrong Metrics.

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What's Wrong With Today's Board Meetings: Part 1

ReadWriteStart

Silicon Valley, New York). An experienced board brings an extensive network of customers, partners, help in recruiting, follow-on financing, etc. The only numbers in those documents that are important in the first year of a startup's life are burn rate and cash balance. What do those numbers/metrics look like?

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ProfessorVC: Waah.Do I have to build a financial model?

Professor VC

To that last one, there is certainly some truth as the standard time vs. revenue chart in most business plans looks like this: Im not teaching Entrepreneurial Finance this semester for the first time since Fall 2007. However, I am teaching the ELAB and a new experimental course (The Silicon Valley Experience) for the MBA program.