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Choosing & Managing Your Board: Insights from Serial Board Members & Investors
June 6 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
at LearnLaunch
Free – $35The way you choose, run and communicate with your board says a lot about how you run your business and showcases what kind of a leader you are. Understanding who and what your business needs as well as what mentorship and development you need is important – as is the way you build trust within the board.
Remember board meetings aren’t simple business updates – nor are they a chore whose sole purpose is to keep investors satisfied. They are an opportunity for you to extract key insights and expertise: Board members are an extension of your team – they have a vested interest in keeping your company growing and succeeding – and it’s up to you to extract the best out of them.
Christopher Mirabile
Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group & Chair at ACA
Christopher Mirabile is the Chair Emeritus and Public Policy Chair of the Angel Capital Association and the co-founder of portfolio management tool www.seraf-investor.com. He is also co-Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group, a venture investment group focused on seed and early-stage investments in technology-oriented companies. Launchpad is the largest angel group in New England and top-three ranked group in the U.S. As a full-time angel investor and an active member of the Boston-area angel investing community, Christopher has personally made more than 60 investments in start-up companies. He was named one of the “Top Angel Investors in New England” by Xconomy. Christopher is a columnist for Inc.com, an adjunct lecturer in the MBA program at Babson’s Olin School of Business, a regular advisor and mentor to start-ups, and a frequent panelist and speaker. He is a member of the Board of Directors or Board of Advisors of numerous start-up companies and non-profits, including The Capital Network.
Jennifer Jordan
MassVentures
Jennifer Jordan is the Vice President for MassVentures, a venture capital firm focused on fueling the Massachusetts innovation economy by funding early-stage, high-growth Massachusetts startups as they move from concept to commercialization. Jennifer is currently on the boards of such companies as MachineMetrics, Curoverse, Harvest Automation, and was also a board member of Ginkgo Bioworks and Core Security (previously called Courion) until 2015. Jennifer is also a Managing Director at Golden Seeds and one of only 13 people in the world to hold a 5th degree Black belt in the Indonesian martial art of Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen!
Catherine White
Managing Director at Golden Seeds & Director at FinArc Investments
Catherine White is an Angel investor and a Managing Director at Golden Seeds, an investment firm that pursues above market returns through the empowerment of women entrepreneurs and the people who invest in them. Catherine is also the Founder and Director of FinArc Investments, a boutique money management firm. FinArc Investments specializes in investing in companies with good environmental, social, and corporate governance records.
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