board

5 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Feb 2, 2016 by Frank Meehan · across every show →

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Feb 2, 2016 positive
Insight
Founders should distribute decks early and resolve off-agenda topics pre-meeting
“So the trick there is that you really absolutely must say to your board, okay, I'm going to give you the slides to the board meeting a week before, and anything, and I'm going to, in the board slides, say these are the things that are going to be discussed, an…”
Frank Meehan Feb 2, 2016 ▶ 6:04 He Sits on Spotify Board
Nov 18, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Founders initiated SmartAssistant CEO replacement and convinced the board
“That was after the round. We went to our board and said, Hey guys we had to convince them actually”
Marcus Linder Nov 18, 2018 ▶ 8:51 1212 Chatbot company SmartAssistant: We'll pass $50m in next few quarters
Jul 13, 2020
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Urban: Founders Must Control Their Boards and Communicate Directly
“Make sure you have a good relationship with your board, but control your board. Tell them what's up, so.”
Ryan Urban Jul 13, 2020 ▶ 31:45 BounceX Breaks $100m in Revenue, 1000 Customers, Breakeven, 2020 IPO?
Sep 30, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Boscovic: Investors ignored customer acquisition costs in 2020 and 2021
“By and far through 20, 20, 20, 21, right? This is going to be top line growth at that point, right? Like, you know, you talk to your board, you talk to investors, nobody's paying an enormous amount of attention to the cost of acquiring these customers.”
David Boscovic Sep 30, 2022 ▶ 24:00 How Flatfile Built $100m+ WarChest to Create Data Onboarding Category, Hit $6m ARR
Oct 8, 2022
Insight
Pitch M&A multiples on current ARR to founders, closing ARR to boards
“One of the, like, methods and tactics there that I used in terms of negotiation is really, you know, talk about valuation multiples that are higher on the current AR, and then with the board, talk about the multiple at the close of the transaction. So you can …”
James Isilay Oct 8, 2022 ▶ 16:54 How We Acquired our PLG Competitor to Break $30m in Revenue
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