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A great board of directors can be a “secret weapon” for a company. At the same time, a bad board can kill a company. Matt Blumberg, CEO of Bolster, joined us to break down how early-stage founders can build a great board — we covered everything from recruiting board members to running a successful board meeting.
What we covered:
- How a great board can be a secret weapon
- The purpose of a board of directors
- Determining the makeup of your board
- Scaling your board as you grow
- How to best run a board meeting
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Webinar: How Top Platform Teams Accelerate Portco Hiring & Fundraising
Supporting portfolio companies with hiring and fundraising is table stakes for VC firms in 2025. Relationships and networks have never been more important as human-to-human connection becomes an even more essential differentiator in the age of AI.
Join us and Getro CEO, Evan Walden, on July 31st for a webinar where we cover the ins and outs of how best-in-class VC funds leverage their networks to help portfolio companies hire top talent and raise capital.
About the Webinar
Evan Walden is the CEO and Founder of Getro, a platform that helps VCs build job boards and talent networks to support their portfolio companies. Evan is joining us to discuss the ins and outs of how best-in-class VC funds leverage their networks to help portfolio companies hire top talent and raise capital.
We'll cover topics like:
How best-in-class teams scale their platform function
How to balance consistency and customization
How to help companies source top talent
How to leverage network effects to support fundraising
Even if you can't make it, register anyway! We'll send the recording to anyone who registers.

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Fundraising
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