You’ve got the money – now what?
Guest Post The founder of Allegis Capital outlines the steps entrepreneurs should take to make board members real partners in the company and get the most out of the relationship.
Yahoo chairman Fred Amoroso’s resignation will give Marissa Mayer more room to do her thing
April 26, 2013 4:44 AM
Sean Ludwig
Yahoo chairman Fred Amoroso has resigned from his post and will step down from the board in June, a move that should give CEO Marissa Mayer more power and a board she can trust.
5 huge mistakes startups make when choosing board members
Guest Post Here are five big mistakes that are often made when choosing board members -- and, maybe more importantly, tips on avoiding them.
PayPal cofounder Max Levchin joins Yahoo’s board while Intuit’s CEO departs
December 13, 2012 11:19 AM
Meghan Kelly
Yahoo grabbed PayPal co-founder and Evernote director Max Levchin for its own board, but loses two of its existing members. Yahoo now has a total of 11 on its board.
Here’s how entrepreneurs can score an elusive board seat
Guest Post Many want to serve on a board – for professional development, business development or perhaps just to give back to their community through a non-profit organization – yet don’t know how to get themselves there and don’t have the free time to figure it out.
Cisco adds outspoken Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to board
August 2, 2012 7:07 AM
Sean Ludwig
Networking giant Cisco has added Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to its board of directors, a sign that it wants to get more serious about cloud-focused services and hardware.
Benioff spent 13 years at Oracle before he founded Salesforce on the …
The ‘bergs unite: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg becomes board member
June 25, 2012 2:29 PM
Meghan Kelly
Facebook has named chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg as its newest board member, settling recent criticisms that the public company doesn’t have a woman on its board.
Sandberg’s appointment to the board of directors has been a long time coming. …
Path CEO Dave Morin to join Eventbrite’s board of directors
May 16, 2012 9:02 AM
Sean Ludwig
Dave Morin, CEO of social-network Path, has joined ticketing startup Eventbrite‘s board of the directors, a move Eventbrite claims will help it continue innovating on the social front.
While Path had a major privacy blowup early this year, the company …
Groupon’s board plays musical chairs as stock drops
April 30, 2012 4:06 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Groupon’s board of directors is playing musical chairs as the downtrodden daily deals company attempts to address fallout from an accounting restatement that sent its stock price plummeting.
The company, now trading at more than 60 percent off its initial …
Lance Armstrong joins Mobli’s board of directors
January 30, 2012 1:00 AM
Meghan Kelly
Mobli, a video sharing website, can add Lance Armstrong to its list of celebrity endorsers today. The famed cyclist is joining the company’s board and starting his own Mobli channel.
Mobli’s goal is to show you life through another person’s …
RIM may oust co-CEOs as co-chairmen, says report
January 3, 2012 8:42 AM
Devindra Hardawar
In what will likely be the first of many major power struggles at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion over the next year, the company is reportedly considering ousting co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie as co-chairmen of the board.
In …
Twitter shakes up its board of directors: Wilson and Sabet depart
September 16, 2011 4:35 PM
Tom Cheredar
Two more people tied to the early success of microblogging site Twitter are parting ways with the company.
Early investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital will leave Twitter’s board of directors by the …
Bartz resigns from Yahoo’s board of directors
September 11, 2011 2:52 PM
Tom Cheredar
Former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz resigned from the company’s board of directors Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal report published today.
Bartz was fired from her post as Yahoo’s chief executive September 6. Previously, she stated that she didn’t …
Former Clinton aide, UNC-system president Erskine Bowles joins Facebook
September 7, 2011 3:51 PM
Matthew Lynley
Erskine Bowles, recent co-chair of President Barack Obama’s commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, and former president of the University of North Carolina system, has joined social networking giant Facebook as a member of the board of directors.
Bowles has …
Note to CEO’s: Decisions come from you, not the board
August 3, 2011 6:00 AM
Brad Feld
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Brad Feld is an early stage investor and co-founder of Foundry Group. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
I had two similar experiences recently where I heard from employees of two different companies that I’m on the …
Proposed: The boardroom for the 21st century
June 22, 2011 6:00 AM
Steve Blank
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany. This story originally appeared on his blog.)
Last week, I made a call to entrepreneurs that it is time to change …
It’s time to reinvent the boardroom
June 15, 2011 6:00 AM
Steve Blank
Guest Post
Editor’s note: Serial entrepreneur Steve Blank is the author of Four Steps to the Epiphany
As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. …
9 ways to attract world-class board members
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Unity Stoakes is Co-Founder and President of OrganizedWisdom.com. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
One of the most important things you will do as the founder of a start-up is assemble your board. And if you take …
Get a board of directors – even if you’re not funded
Guest Post
(Editor’s note: Will Herman is an entrepreneur who has founded or held senior roles at several tech companies. This column originally appeared on his blog.)
Every company needs a board of directors – even startups.
Well, OK, maybe not …
