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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by NLPsajeeth on Saturday June 22, 2013 @01:17PM (#5924375)
http://www.paulgraham.com/control.html is a good follow up to read on this topic.
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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by bravura on Saturday June 22, 2013 @05:46PM (#5925254)
As always, VentureHacks has great practical advice on the board:

http://venturehacks.com/articles/one-way-control

http://venturehacks.com/articles/board-structure

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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by mathattack on Sunday June 23, 2013 @10:34PM (#5930652)
Great point - I was just reaching for it when I finished the article.

One general note... Look how many recent news articles you can find when you search for the board firing founders on Google. https://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&q=board+firing+founde...

It's not scientific, but it highlights that friendly relationships can go awry.

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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by hobs on Saturday June 22, 2013 @11:35AM (#5923939)
They went to business school and yet somehow met someone twice and wanted to give away the keys to the kingdom? Hmm...
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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by ngoel36 on Saturday June 22, 2013 @05:42PM (#5925244)
The article doesn't specify _which_ business school they went to...doesn't necessarily mean they went to GSB haha.
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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by hobs on Saturday June 22, 2013 @06:44PM (#5925420)
That's fair, but I didn't go to any business school, just common sense school.
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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by mikeash on Saturday June 22, 2013 @10:32PM (#5926029)
That's a very selective school that few people are lucky enough to attend. It is not well named.
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Re:Steve Blank: Don’t Give Away Your Board Seats by gruseom on Saturday June 22, 2013 @11:36PM (#5926142)
"In the last few years, it’s become more common for angel investors to ask for a board seat"

Is that really the case? It contradicts what I've heard.

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