Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

“I realized that nonprofits were struggling with fund raising due to the economic downturn, and they needed a more diversified portfolio for their fundraising. version, and talking to an advisory board and seed round investors already.” .” And that’s how WeDidIt was born.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Equity 237

Equity Stock Options Advisory Board Stock 237

Version One Ventures

JULY 31, 2018

Since 2012, we have made over 40 investments and have been busy building our fund, expanding and deepening our network, and most gratifyingly, working with our portfolio companies in their pursuit to transform their industries and the world. Executing projects of your own direction that help Version One and/or our portfolio companies.

Hiring 166

Hiring San Francisco Advisory Board Due Diligence 166

BeyondVC

MARCH 14, 2006

Trust me, I am all for advisory boards. In fact, many of my portfolio companies have them. Many entrepreneurs or management team put together advisory boards to get real expertise on product direction, the market, and to expand their network to reach new customers and partners.

Advisory Board 60

Advisory Board Vesting Portfolio Naming 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

In any case, your startup is now part of some investor’s portfolio, so you need to treat the situation like reporting to a new boss, and not like a new freedom. As an early-stage startup, you may have some hand-picked mentors as an Advisory Board, but now you need a formal Board with approval rights on all your strategic decisions and pivots.

Term Sheet 140

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Portfolio 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2014

In any case, your startup is now part of some investor’s portfolio, so you need to treat the situation like reporting to a new boss, and not like a new freedom. As an early-stage startup, you may have some hand-picked mentors as an Advisory Board, but now you need a formal Board with approval rights on all your strategic decisions and pivots.

Term Sheet 237

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Startup 237

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Your startup is now part of someone’s portfolio, and here are a few of the ways in which you should expect to be monitored by your investors: One or more seats on the Board. Maybe you had an informal Advisory Board before, but now you have a formal Board of Directors.

Advisory Board 241

Advisory Board Entrepreneur Venture Capital Angel Investor 241

Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

A simple online search should reveal your investors interests as well as the portfolio of companies that he/she has invested in. To demonstrate traction you might recruit a good management team, start making sales, build an advisory board or secure strategic partnerships. Investigate your investor’s portfolio.

Exit Strategy 91

Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. Here the rigor in qualifying the GLG Share members helps, because we want the conversation to be valuable on both sides.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

A sales and marketing tactic as much (or even more) than a customer development one, try setting up a Customer Council Advisory Board. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. This works especially well when you’re selling into a non-tech industry because getting a bit of equity in a startup is even more novel and exciting.

Advisory Board 150

Advisory Board Equity Vesting Startup 150

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2018

I’ve built this trip around Techstars Seattle Demo, a bunch of time at PSL, and a Moz board meeting. Oh – and time with several of our portfolio companies as well as some nice social stuff with long time friends. We are significant LPs in the fund and my partner Lindel is joining the PSL advisory board.

Seattle 77

Seattle Advisory Board Alaska Boston 77

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Your startup is now part of someone’s portfolio, and here are a few of the ways in which you should expect to be monitored by your investors: One or more seats on the Board. Maybe you had an informal Advisory Board before, but now you have a formal Board of Directors.

Advisory Board 231

Advisory Board Entrepreneur Venture Capital Angel Investor 231

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Stock 140

Stock Stock Options Advisory Board Startup 140

Version One Ventures

JUNE 3, 2013

Helping with reporting for our investors, including writing quarterly updates and preparing LP advisory board meetings. Working with existing portfolio companies, including helping out with hiring, financial modeling, and research. Executing projects of your own direction that help Version One and/or our portfolio companies.

Hiring 156

Hiring North America Los Angeles Advisory Board 156

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2015

In any case, your startup is now part of some investor’s portfolio, so you need to treat the situation like reporting to a new boss, and not like a new freedom. As an early-stage startup, you may have some hand-picked mentors as an Advisory Board, but now you need a formal Board with approval rights on all your strategic decisions and pivots.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Angel Investor 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Stock Options 224

Stock Options Stock Advisory Board Startup 224

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

Another is Google Ventures, which works with portfolio companies full-time on design, recruiting, marketing, and engineering. Similarly, Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses program is a $500 million investment to provide entrepreneurs with access to education, financial capital and business support services.

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Advisory Board Entrepreneur Portland Oregon 249

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Disclosures: Blue Future Partners is a member of the Advisory Board of ff Venture Capital , where David Teten was formerly a Partner.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

Increase your premium pricing Referrals also allow you to diversify your pricing portfolio and charge a premium for your product or service. Exclusive Content or Advisory Board You can create exclusive content or an advisory board of your champion customers. These are offers for premium products at cut-rate prices.

Programming 87

Programming Small Business Advisory Board B2B 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Stock Options 230

Stock Options Stock Advisory Board Startup 230

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2011

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Equity 234

Equity Advisory Board Stock Options Stock 234

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2015

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Stock Options 120

Stock Options Stock Advisory Board Startup 120

Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

I know a CEO that served on the Advisory Board of a startup that had great potential and millions of dollars in funding. But the Board of Directors had lost confidence in the founding CEO, and they decided to recruit a new one. The Advisory Board member confronted the investor Board members about this.

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board Cofounder Hiring Partner 48

OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Bolster your portfolio. For our Portfolio Partners, VC and PE board members, our pledge to you is that we will make it easier for you and your firm to both drive successful on-demand executive placements for your portfolio company CEOs, and to manage and expand your firm’s network of flexible executive talent.

Advisory Board 71

Advisory Board Leadership Portfolio Matching 71

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. Also note, many institutional investors don’t really allocate to VC asset classes directly due to the size of their portfolios. Lastly, gather feedback. We are using Digify to manage this.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

OnlyOnce

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Bolster your portfolio. For our Portfolio Partners, VC and PE board members, our pledge to you is that we will make it easier for you and your firm to both drive successful on-demand executive placements for your portfolio company CEOs, and to manage and expand your firm’s network of flexible executive talent.

Advisory Board 62

Advisory Board Leadership Portfolio Matching 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2010

Advisory Board Member, 1% Senior Engineer,3 -.7% At best, you should view stock as “deferred compensation” or a “bonus,” which has no value today, and a risk for the future that is much higher than mutual funds, or a conventional balanced public stock portfolio. 7% Product Manager,2 -.3%

Stock 144

Stock Stock Options Advisory Board Startup 144

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

It’s an impressive portfolio. Perhaps the solution to the “punt on the topic&# is to try to get a marketer who has a feel for the “Market Type/Positioning&# question on a startup’s advisory board once the Discovery data is in. They’re putting money into web services/business – most without early revenue.

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian joins Lightspeed as our Partner in charge of executive level talent for Lightspeed and our portfolio of companies. We recognized their high IQ and EQ immediately, and we’re excited to see our portfolio companies put both to good use. Fun fact: Meredith was a talent manager on American Idol seasons seven and eight.).

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Advisory Board Flash Pennsylvania 60

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. A photographer’s calling card is their portfolio and work samples. There are self-hosted open-source portfolio apps available that allow you to combine your uniquely branded website with a gallery of your work. Operating plan.

Business Plan 64

Business Plan Small Business Administration Hiring Social Media 64

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Plated (ffVC portfolio company). Jim Kaese, Editor-in-Chief and member of the EVEN Hotels Wellness Advisory Board , observed, “Go [to a conference] with the right mindset. Gold’s Gym Austin location has classes between noon and 2 PM on Friday, 101 West 6th St. Austin Farmers’ Market.

Advisory Board 114

Advisory Board Texas Venture Capital Austin 114

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

A strategy for meeting these investors in Austin is to figure out the board schedule of their portfolio companies, as they they will likely travel here for those meeting. This list is venture funds that have invested in two or more Austin-based companies over the past two years.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2015

Scott and I were both on the Microsoft VC Advisory Board that Dan’l Lewin organized and ran. Scott’s post is a great history lesson about the evolution of “value-added VC” behavior, especially around organization building by VC firms to “add more value” to their portfolio companies.

Advisory Board 70

Advisory Board Venture Capital LP Seed Stage 70

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

John Jantsch (07:39): They were going to photograph the projects anyway for their own portfolio and further their own website. Well, what about your best customer is about having a special offer just for them exclusive content, you know, maybe put, maybe build a, a, an advisory board for your business.

Affiliate 96

Affiliate Advisory Board Networking Programming 96

David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

It’s very powerful to have a model that you can email to everyone in the firm, because then everyone sees clearly that you’re communicating the exact same message to the whole team (including outside consultants and the advisory board, if any).

Employee 155

Employee IRR Startup Mexico 155

The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Thus, if your startup is willing to give a couple points to a few advisory board members, determine how much the incubator’s mentorship (and introductions) equates to an advisory board and assign a percentage. Other incubators may want to set up an option pool.

Incubator 105

Incubator Pre-Money Valuation Option Pool Advisory Board 105

Bryce Dot VC

DECEMBER 4, 2012

So these meetings were helpful in shaping our thinking around what types of new investors we wanted to bring on board for fund III. That said, we also keep a very active dialog with our existing investors in the form of quarterly reports, semi annual LP advisory board meetings and frequent 1 on 1s over a meal.

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LP Advisory Board Institutional Investors Security 60