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Unlocking Shareholder Value with One Hard Conversation
I spend most of my time in boardrooms and board meetings. I know it’s been fashionable over the years for people to carp that most boards are comprised of old white men, who do the bare minimum to collect a check. The first part is unfortunately true. I’ve not found the second part to be […]
Emails, Boardrooms, and Attorney-Client Privilege
In each of the 10 years my firm has been in existence, I’ve witnessed a disastrous boardroom situation. All of them had three things in common: (1) email; (2) impaired reputations; and (3) they were completely avoidable. Email has been around for a long time, so you’d think that smart, seasoned executives wouldn’t misuse it. You’d be […]
The Importance of a Great Chair to Small-Cap Boards
I am on the Editorial Advisory Board of Small-Cap Institute, Inc. With SCI’s approval, I thought I would share one of their recent articles that every small-cap officer and director should consider reading. Unlike in most mid- and large-cap companies, it’s common for small-cap companies to be operated and governed by those who are either […]
Lesson Learned: Brand Stewardship Requires Relentless Vigilance… and Then Some
Last week, I was reading a terrific article to be published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review by Professor Elizabeth Pollman entitled, “Startup Governance.” I made my way through the lion’s share of the article when I saw the below footnote on page 43. Professor Pollman cited a comment that I made a couple […]
Sorry VCs, Direct Listings Are Not a Magic Elixir
Spotify Technology and Slack Technologies, each multibillion-dollar companies, listed their shares for trading on the New York Stock Exchange in the past two years. But unlike the typical initial public offering (IPO), neither company received any financing proceeds. Why would a company go through all the trouble of an IPO and elect not to raise […]