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High Functioning vs. Low Functioning Startup Boards

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Should we cut costs, do layoffs, close divisions and focus scare resources on fewer projects? Some boards are designed to showcase each and every member of management by having everybody lead a 20-minute update only to find out that no time has been allotted for discussion or debate. The founders of a company are fighting.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. 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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