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7 ways technology can help increase volunteer board diversity

Board Effect

D iversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is now a critical part of the conversation in every boardroom in America. Corporate boards are gradually working toward increased diversity and chasing the recognized value in more diverse leadership. Here are 7 ways to use technology to help increase the diversity of your volunteer board: 1.

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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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15 Steps to Fundraising for Your New Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Lastly, gather feedback.

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Organizational Debt is like Technical debt – but worse

Steve Blank

These shortcuts add up and become what is called technical debt. You fix technical debt by refactoring , going into the existing code and “cleaning it up” by restructuring it. Organizational debt was coming due. And the size of the problem increases with the success of the company. Refactoring” organizational debt.

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Embrace technical debt

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Embrace technical debt Financial debt plays an important and positive role in our economy under normal conditions. Technical debt works the same way, and has the same perils. I won’t pretend that there aren’t teams that take on technical debt for bad reasons.

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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

Administrators can keep track of versions and changes while board members are able to see the latest version without having to look through many emails or documents. Keeping the conversation in one place. Additionally, a secure board management tool also helps guard against the cyberthreats increasingly affecting nonprofits.

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Making Technology Work For Those Who Aren’t Working

Feld Thoughts

I remember hearing Simon for the first time at an MIT Sloan Dean’s Advisory meeting in the basement of a fancy hotel in NY in the middle of the financial crisis. Many of the advisory board member attendees looked like hammered dog s**t as they were part of the New York financial services and real estate world.