www.instigatorblog.com

MARCH 2, 2010

The Importance of Advisory Boards for Startup CEOs Tweet When a startup receives financing it will need to setup a Board of Directors. The Board probably existed beforehand, but was made up only of the founders. Mark Macleod spells it out beautifully in his post on Advisory Boards. Why wouldn’t you?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2021

Every board needs a playbook to bring clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the board itself. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. The board should meet at a minimum of four times a year with a quorum present, or more often for critical issues.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Communicating Between Board Meetings. The Agile Board. Board Observers & Advisory Boards -. The Problem with Board Observers. Rethinking the Role of Board Observers. Why Advisory Boards Give Less Value Than Most Hope. Meeting Dynamics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

If you are a new entrepreneur, or entering a new business area, it’s always worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three executives who have travelled that road before. Here are some tips on finding and using your advisory board effectively: Select people who complement your experience.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

AUGUST 11, 2019

Invite Loyal Customers to Join an Advisory Board. To take this a level further, you could consider asking long-term customers to join an “advisory board” for your business. Be Ever-Present. To combat this, it can be helpful to seek to be ever-present in your customers’ lives.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2016

In my role as an angel investor to startups, I’m struck by the broad variety of advisor strategies I see in investor presentations and business plans that cross my desk. That’s the function of a good advisory board. Keep the advisory board to a manageable size.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2013

If you are an entrepreneur for the first time, or entering a new business area, it’s usually worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three executives who have travelled that road before. Here are some tips on using your advisory board effectively: Select people who complement your experience.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Customer, staff, and operation growth present new challenges and require even greater amounts of capital. Led by former Apple project manager Brian Brackeen, Kairos set up an Endeavor-facilitated advisory board. Startups struggle to establish their value proposition , create and launch their pilots, and get first customers.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

If you are a new entrepreneur, or entering a new business area, it’s always worth your time to assemble an Advisory Board of two or three executives who have travelled that road before. Here are some tips on finding and using your advisory board effectively: Select people who complement your experience.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 10, 2015

Earlier this week, I hit on the topic of co-founders / business partners , and advisory boards / mentors. Today I wanted to address a new concept that I recently tried out: The Pop-Up Advisory Board. It’s important to note that advisory boards are not ACTUAL voting boards. Entrepreneurship'

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Many startups have an advisory board of sympathetic people with industry expertise, or people who enjoy mentoring, or people who donate a few services on the come. Once you take investment, you will also have a fiduciary board, with the responsibility of making the company successful. All problems will go away.

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Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

The issue of nonprofit diversity presents an opportunity for nonprofit board members to become more greatly connected to their communities. This is a prime time for board members to initiate genuine conversations with people in their communities to get an up-close and personal look at their issues.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 14, 2006

I can’t tell you how many companies come in and present and inevitably, somewhere in the deck, is a list of advisors. Trust me, I am all for advisory boards. Advisory boards can be especially great because the typical relationship is usually noncash and compensation is based on options which vest over a period of time.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Expo San Francisco 2009 The current macroeconomic climate presents unparalleled opportunities for those that can thrive with constrained resources. The trade-off, though, is a more structured presentation format. If youre interested in being part of my "customer advisory board" for this presentation, please get in touch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2015

Every board needs a playbook to bring clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the board itself. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. The board should meet at a minimum of four times a year with a quorum present, or more often for critical issues.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

A thought leader in the area of big data analytics, social media, optimization, machine learning, and data mining, he also served as a Venture Advisor focusing on big-data analytics at Trident Capital , and was on the advisory board of several startups. . I presented them to our chief product officer and our CTO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2016

Every board needs a playbook to bring clarity to the roles and responsibilities of the board itself. Board rules and governance policies should be articulated in writing and voted upon. The board should meet at a minimum of four times a year with a quorum present, or more often for critical issues.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

They work by allowing your sponsor to make an impact with your audience directly, presenting a clear ROI. It contains the story of your property, mission statement, sponsor benefits, demographics, marketing plan, goals, media opportunities, advisory board, and the sponsor fees.”. How to present your fulfillment report.

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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. Manage to documented milestones.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

There will be a small number of others in attendance (less than 5%) who fall outside this category, exclusively event sponsors and advisory board members. Nominate a member of our Advisory Board. All tickets are complimentary except for sponsors. How can I get involved? Share feedback on our draft agenda. .

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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2018

Take note of what was presented the year before, as organizers won’t program a repeat unless there’s a huge demand. Public voting makes up one-third of the scheduling decision-power (with the PanelPicker team and the SXSW Advisory Board covering the other two-thirds). Can you prepare your audience for the future?

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Long Live the Business Plan, The Investor Presentation, The Elevator Pitch, The Size of the Opportunity, Your Competitive Advantage, Current Status and Roadmap from Today, The Strength of Your Team, Summary Financials, Investor Presentations for Larger Startups. Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

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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. Manage to documented milestones.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

If you have good experience then the VC will be leaning forward for the rest of the presentation.”. To demonstrate traction you might recruit a good management team, start making sales, build an advisory board or secure strategic partnerships. Market Share and a Competitive Advantage. “We We don’t have a monopoly.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 11, 2022

Exclusive Content or Advisory Board You can create exclusive content or an advisory board of your champion customers. For example, the advisory board could facilitate a quarterly meeting to brainstorm ideas on topics such as expand your target market or unique ways to broaden your customer reach.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. In some cases, that relationship grows into something more than conversation – like joining an advisory board, investing, partnering, or even joining the team.

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Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Creating an executive board, advisory board, or emeritus board. Changing the board’s voting rules. It’s the board’s responsibility to know how to make an amendment to the bylaws and keep them updated continually. Draft an amendment proposal for board discussion. Removing overly specific language.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Name the three top ones, and present your sustainable advantage as well as barriers to entry for new startups. Include advisory board member qualifications and key industry connections. Who are your competitors, and how do you win? Every new offering has competition and alternatives, so it’s not credible to claim no competitors.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2012

We have a straightforward meeting – a dinner for our advisory board the night before, drinks after for all LPs, our advisory board meeting first thing in the morning, and then the full meeting until lunch time. I enjoy our annual meetings – we get to spent a focused chunk of time with our investors.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

But the highlight of the Summit for me was seeing Scott Cook present on his lessons learned as the initial CEO of Intuit. I know a CEO that served on the Advisory Board of a startup that had great potential and millions of dollars in funding. The Advisory Board member confronted the investor Board members about this.

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The Startup Lawyer

AUGUST 30, 2010

They can provide your startup with guidance on a wide range of topics and typically take a seat on your startup’s advisory board. No matter how you arrived at this point with your Startup Creeper, you have 2 choices: (1) Make it official and offer them a position on your advisory board. Advisors are great for startups.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. What is your secret sauce?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2016

billion by 2020, the volume of data and the opportunities this presents are expected to grow exponentially. Simon is also an independent company director and has served on a number of advisory boards with technology focused companies in early stage (A or B) funding. billion to 8.6

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Establish a customer advisory board. Create a members-only forum where only qualified customers (perhaps, paying customers) can post. Let them connect with each other, but also with you. Treat these people as VIPs, and listen to what they have to say. Hand pick a dozen customers who "get" your vision.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 26, 2013

This past week, I had the pleasure and honor to present to John Morris'' Woodland Hills, California Vistage Group. I was asked by John to present on best practices, as they apply to smaller companies, of data-driven decision making and business intelligence dashboards.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 6, 2009

My Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Seminar courtesy of Stanford Ecorner (audio podcast only for now, video coming soon): if youd like to follow along with slides, they are here: 2009 09 29 The Lean Startup At Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Seminar View more presentations from Eric Ries.

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