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Building a Great Startup Board Pt. 2

Reid Hoffman

The primary goal of this conversation was to explain how and why a great startup board can be a powerful tool to help the CEO make the company successful. The challenge is that it’s very difficult to fire an investor board member, because a venture round’s legal paperwork typically entitles a lead investor to a board seat.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

In the first part of our conversation, we talk about the chronology of what has happened to Airbnb, the impacts the pandemic has had on their business and the emergency measures the company was required to take. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. I am Eric Ries.