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Navigating the volunteer board member lifecycle for effective collaboration

Board Effect

At the Louisiana Restaurant Association , leaders also sought new strategies and tools to manage access to documents and data as board members ended their terms or resigned. Because many of these issues are sensitive, having honest conversations around board composition can be difficult.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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Finding Your Fire And Igniting Change

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Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. Sign up to receive email updates. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. Her website — Terribwilliams.com.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

In the time since our conversation, data and science have shown again and again that wearing masks is an incredibly effective, low-cost and simple way to prevent viral spread. You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. Here's my conversation with Jeremy Howard.

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I Hate Networking

Austin Startup

Years back, I was part of a leadership program in Lafayette, Louisiana and an alumna wrote me a note of congratulations for being selected to the program. Although I’m a big fan of the handwritten note, it can be by text or email or social media. I hope the tips I share here will help you break through whatever barrier you’re facing.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

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There will always be those who want to hijack the conversation and put the value of individual lives at odds with one another when in fact, you cannot have one without the other. We still have a few spots left for the iconic New York Marathon on November 5 th so email teamemc@everymothercounts.org to join us! Thanks Christy!

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My Journey as a Diverse Member of a Junior League

Austin Startup

When I moved to Lafayette, Louisiana in 2004, I was inspired by a large delegation of young African-American leaders. Audrey has been a fearless leader over the past two years, and because of her, we have tackled some difficult conversations at the board table, including racism, white privilege and equity. I truly love her like family.

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