Make Your Board Seat Count: How to Serve and Support Your Portfolio Companies

About this talk

If investment capital is the water that startups need to grow, the guidance and sounding board that a great board can offer is the fertilizer.

Advisors are a key part of any successful startup, whether they're the founders' informal mentors or formally recognized as members of an advisory board. Good advisors:

• Add expertise, connections, and credibility
  
• Can open doors to partnerships & investors
  
• Warn startups of industry pitfalls they're approaching
  
• Help hire key team members in a function the founders don't know well
  
• Can provide the rarest of sounding boards for founders' difficult decisions
  

And, as experienced advisors know, a relationship that reaps benefits requires effort.

Join our panel of seasoned investors and founders to learn how you can make the most of your seat on the board to positively contribute to the growth of your portfolio company.