Company Board

Running/Leading a Board is a big challenge which often becomes worse when a VC joins the board. Entrepreneurs should put in the disciplines ahead of time

Some tips from “Venturing Forward”

1. Successful board meetings are ones with no surprises - making decisions not trading information
2. Fiduciary responsibility is paramount
3. Controlled meeting
4. Board book, Agendas, Minutes

Link on Board of Directors

2 Responses to “Company Board”


  1. 1 Rajan May 15th, 2006 at 8:11 am

    Hey sanjay,

    Great set of posts. !

    Rajan

  2. 2 Startups.in May 15th, 2006 at 10:23 am

    Quote: VCs do join boards and in my opinion so they should. When choosing an investor, company should not be asking, “Do you take a board seat?” The more important question is, “When you join my board what are you going to do and why?”

    http://www.thechilli.com/articles/speakersCorner/016_quester.asp

    Regards,
    Nagendra
    @ Startups.in

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