Creating Your Board: An Overview of Startup Board Best Practices

Overview

Join seasoned startup advisors for a panel discussion that will provide entrepreneurs, investors and startup CEOs and CFOs with the current best practices for creating, running and understanding the framework and expectations of a startup board.

Panelists will cover the basics and provide attendees with guidance on the issues a board must cover as well as those they should cover. Are you wondering: am I doing things right? Attend this discussion and get these questions answered:

• What is a board?
• What is its purpose of the board?
• How are directors elected?
• How are directors removed?
• What are the duties of directors?
• What is an interested party / conflict transaction?
• What corporate actions must be approved by the board?
• What corporate actions should the board approve?
• How does the board make decisions?
• How is a meeting of the board called?
• Who is responsible for calling and managing board meetings?
• What happens at a typical board meeting?
• What does a typical board presentation look like?
• What should be included in minutes of the meeting of the board?
• What does a written action or consent of the board look like?
• Are there any decisions that should or should not be made by written action or consent?

Panelists

• Jeff Hinck, Rally Ventures
• Eric Madson, Fredrikson
• Mark McGuire, gener8tor Minnesota
• Kevin Spreng, Fredrikson

Fredrikson’s Start Up & Rapid Growth Enterprises Group is excited to be a part of Twin Cities Startup Week and we hope you’ll join us to learn more about Startup Board Best Practices.