Boards for a New Venture: Putting Together Boards and Working with Them
1 Pages Posted: 5 Apr 2010 Last revised: 10 Nov 2021
Abstract
This note teaches students at all levels how to establish a board for a new venture, explaining why it is necessary, how to attract the right members, how to compensate them, how to distinguish advisors versus directors, and how to deal with board conflicts.
Excerpt
UVA-ENT-0071
Rev. Aug. 26, 2020
Boards for a New Venture:
Putting Together Boards and Working with Them
Questions
1. Necessity of a board
. . .
Keywords: entrepreneurship, advisers, boards, starting new ventures, start-up team, compensation
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Sarasvathy, Saras D., Boards for a New Venture: Putting Together Boards and Working with Them. Darden Case No. UVA-ENT-0071, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1583303 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1583303
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