First Time Founders with Ed Elson — ft. Andrew Benin and Allen Dushi of Graza
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Today's episode of the GaryVee Audio Experience is a new series we're doing every Tuesday called, "Evening Tea With GaryVee". We'll be posting throwback episodes of "Tea With GaryVee", a live virtual Q&A I did back in 2020 helping people navigate their personal and business lives!
In this episode we talk about what young entrepreneurs should invest in right now, should you go back to college after taking some time off, how to stop judging yourself, how to find your passion with little to no life experiences, what to do if you got a degree in something you hate and so much more!
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Anu Hariharan is a partner at YC. Today’s episode is about her recent post, How To Manage a Board.
You can find her on Twitter @anuhariharan.
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The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
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Topics
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Why Anu wrote How to Manage a Board
2:27 - Board composition
4:27 - Adding independent board members
6:27 - The responsibilities of a board member
9:12 - Productive board meetings
12:52 - Sharing materials before the meeting
13:42 - Bringing executives into the meeting
16:57 - Dealing with board conflict
18:22 - Following up after a board meeting
21:12 - Dealing with difficult board members
23:57 - Reality distortion
24:52 - Agustin Feuerhake asks - What does it take to be a great board member?
27:22 - Dave Bailey asks - To what extent should the board culture reflect the company culture?
29:42 - Connor Abene asks - How do you think about adding board members who haven't worked in your industry but you think are good?
33:22 - Rhina asks - Could you address managing a board during product market fit time/ pivot times?
People always email or DM me and say stuff like "Oh, Andy, I'm going to be the best entrepreneur that you've ever seen. I know you'll be proud." But then they add, "Uh, but I don't know where to start." Well, in this episode, I tell you where the start. I give you the basic sh*t you need to do to get rolling in business and making money."
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