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High Functioning vs. Low Functioning Startup Boards

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Here are some observations I have from this exposure: If a company moves from strength-to-strength with predictable outcomes, easy financings, low staff turn-over, limited competitive threats then the composition of the board probably doesn’t matter as much. The founders of a company are fighting. Can we help them get along?

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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But if you’re in a competitive space where you want to get a little more engineering done before the world is ready to start researching you then you may choose to delay. People scoop company layoffs, mergers, key people leaving a company or being fired and the like. But that’s not the world we live in today.

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