Breakout 2 – Secrets of Successful Boards: From Boardroom Psychology to Board Composition to Boardroom Mechanics

Entrepreneurs and venture capital investors often focus primarily on product development, scale and revenue generation, and less on the challenges associated with sitting on a company board. But ignoring board psychology, composition and mechanics can be a mistake. This session examines best practices for populating and managing a portfolio company board of directors. The session will also address a range of important governance details that often fail to receive appropriate attention, including the best form for taking minutes, whether and how directors should take and retain notes, when and how directors should recuse themselves from certain board proceedings, procedures for managing information when directors have certain conflicts, and procedures for managing observer rights.

 

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Location: SLS Classroom Building - 180 Date: March 27, 2019 Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Jeff Epstein Joseph A. Grundfest Murray Indick Cindy Padnos
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