boardroom
also referred to as: boardrooms
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 27, 2017 by Bing Gordon · across every show →
Everything said about boardroom, oldest first
Nov 27, 2017 negative
Gordon: Most boardroom attendees never say anything useful
“You know, my experience in boards, most people who sit in a boardroom don't say a single useful thing, you know, so if there's only five useful things, if the goal, the high watermark is five useful things in three hours, and when there's five board members, n…”
Jan 11, 2019 positive
Meir: Informal social gatherings yield more board value than formal meetings
“Whatever you do, a dinner or tour, I would always plan, and we actually do it every single time, takes a bit more time, You have to commit to kind of travel a bit longer than just three hours to a board meeting, but you get way more value out of it than just k…”
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Hinrikus: Startup boards dominated by VCs are ineffective
“The things that I don't like about boards, they oftentimes become way too big, way too quickly. You know, your C round investor takes a board seat, your A round investor takes a board seat, your B round investor takes a board seat, your C and D. So you end up …”