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Something I am a huge fan of is Board Feedback. I’ve written about this a lot here at AVC and I am writing about it again today. Because it is...

At our portfolio company CEO Summit this spring, the 60 or so leaders in attendance asked us if we could figure out a way to aggregate some insights across our...

One of the most frustrating things about Board meetings is that it is difficult for founders and CEOs to get feedback on them. I’ve seen some interesting approaches to addressing...

One of the things I am spending a lot of time on these days is Board leadership. That usually means Board Chair, but can also mean “Lead Director.” If you...

Many companies have onboarding programs for new employees where they familiarize the new employee with the business, team, culture, etc before they start working. But I have never come across...

I was talking to the CEO of one of our portfolio companies last week. He was preparing for a board meeting that is coming up. He told me that he had...

I’ve been sitting on private company boards since the early 90s. I have also sat on a few public company boards and a bunch of non-profit and civic boards. You...

Last month Sam Altman wrote a post about board members and why you should want them. I read it and then tweeted it out: This is a great post by...

One of the guys who taught me the venture capital business used to say "success is in inverse proportion to the number of VCs you have on your board." He...

In last week's guest post Scott Kurnit advised entrepreneurs to put a friend on the Board and keep co-founders off. This week we'll continue the theme of "who should be...