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
Insight
Startup board members cannot tell founders how to reach operational milestones
“So not helpful with, I feel like they are not helpful to tell you how you'll get to your next milestone. Like they don't have any answers for you.”
Mathilde Collin Sep 11, 2018 ▶ 14:03 Fireside Chat with CEO and Founder of Front, Mathilde Collin
May 22, 2019
Insight
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…”
Dave Kellogg May 22, 2019 ▶ 16:39 The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With - Lessons From Dave Kellogg
May 22, 2019 negative
Insight
Board misalignment is the primary cause of startup CEO firings
“The number one cause of CEO death is misalignment with the board.”
Dave Kellogg May 22, 2019 ▶ 26:29 The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With - Lessons From Dave Kellogg
May 22, 2019 negative
Insight
CEOs must proactively assign board members work or risk unhelpful meddling
“If I'm not keeping the board busy, Helping me drive the company, they are going to come in with ideas and ways to help that I may not find helpful.”
Dave Kellogg May 22, 2019 ▶ 20:21 The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With - Lessons From Dave Kellogg
Aug 22, 2021 positive
Insight
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…”
Vidya Peters Aug 22, 2021 ▶ 47:57 Secrets to Aligning Marketing and Revenue Strategies with Marqeta's CMO Vidya Peters
Mar 5, 2022 positive
Insight
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…”
Yancey Spruill Mar 5, 2022 ▶ 15:28 Hacks for Founders of High-Growth Startups with DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill
Oct 18, 2022 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Halligan: Over half of HubSpot's leadership and board are female
“Half of HubSpot's leadership team, more than half are female, and more than half of the board is females”
Brian Halligan Oct 18, 2022 ▶ 44:08 The Secrets to Scaling with HubSpot's Founders Dharmesh Shah and Brian Halligan and SaaStr's CEO
Sep 3, 2023 negative
Insight
Dave Kellogg: Board misalignment is the leading cause of CEO termination
“The number one cause of CEO death is misalignment with the board.”
Dave Kellogg Sep 3, 2023 ▶ 21:17 "The Top 5 Questions Every CEO Wrestles With Dave Kellogg, ex-CEO Host Analytics": SaaStr Classic
Feb 7, 2024 neutral
Opinion
Cabane: Startup boards have shifted from growth at all costs to low CAC
“And obviously you've been aware that this is like a clear shift in what the boards and founders are asking us. And it's no longer like growth at all costs. It's low CAC at all costs for better or worse.”
Guillaume Cabane Feb 7, 2024 ▶ 1:49 Mastering High-Volume, Low-CAC Marketing: Strategies from Gorgias, Vercel, and Hypergrowth
Jul 19, 2024 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
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.”
Guillaume Cabane Jul 19, 2024 ▶ 28:14 Deep Dive: AI-Powered Marketing to Get More Leads and Customers with HyperGrowth Partners
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