Firas Raouf, an investor in early stage technology companies, gives his tips for what corporate venturers should expect from their portfolio company CEOs.
Most inexperienced chief executives (CEOs) dread board meetings. That is because they think they need to create all sorts of materials especially for the board, and need to spend most of their time in the meeting educating the board on the business. So by the time the meeting is done, nothing really gets accomplished.
Wrong – the board meeting needs to be a productive and insightful meeting. It needs to be attended by people already very familiar with the business,…
