board
also referred to as: boards
10 statements across 8 episodes · 4 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Sep 11, 2018 by Mathilde Collin · across every show →
Everything said about board, oldest first
Sep 11, 2018 negative
May 22, 2019
Startup boards expect CEOs to hire executives more experienced than themselves
“What the board wants is for you to be a little bit uncomfortable with your team. The board wants you to be challenged by your team, right? The board wants you to hire people, quote unquote, better than you, or more experienced than you. Why? Because by and lar…”
May 22, 2019 negative
May 22, 2019 negative
Aug 22, 2021 positive
Let Your Team Present Their Work Directly to the Board
“I think a lot of managers feel like they have to represent the work of their team. And I think it's such a missed opportunity. Have them be in front of the company, let them shine, let them show their work, whether it's to the board, to the all hands at a quar…”
Mar 5, 2022 positive
Spruill: Startup boards need experienced operators rather than just career VCs
“Having somebody on your board, a coach, a mentor, somebody who's helping you formally to think through those issues from a lens of, I've done this, and I know what it takes to get from 50 to a hundred, to a 152 hundred million in revenue, it's very different t…”
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Sep 3, 2023 negative
Feb 7, 2024 neutral
Jul 19, 2024 bullish
Cabane: Boards worldwide will demand AI outbound and SEO cost reductions
“Why are you not building the outbound automation infrastructure, the SEO infrastructure at a fraction of the cost that what is, yes, that pressure will start to disseminate and go around all the boards around the world for sure. A hundred percent.”