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How to Approach Your First Board Meeting After Raising Seed Capital

View from Seed

During the preceding pitch process, even founders who are highly transparent, honest folks try to put their startup in the best possible light for a new investor, so it’s only natural that a more complete picture of a company’s situation (warts and all) sometimes comes into focus after the round is closed and board meeting scheduled.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

These might include, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. . For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is.

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