Best Practices for The High-Performance Board
Building an effective Board is paramount to building a strong company. The panel discusses the best practices for building a high performance Board. The group explains why boards matter, the sources of conflict and tools for conflict resolution, the importance of CEO evaluation and other related topics. Recorded on October 30, 2008 and held at the Pillsbury Law firm in Palo Alto, CA, this podcast runs 92 minutes.
Chris Rust is a General Partner at USVP. He focuses on seed and early stage investments in the IT sector. Chris is currently a Director of Akros Silicon, Dilithium Networks, Dune Networks, StrataLight, VeriWave, and Zannel. He also serves on the VC Advisory Board for the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), and is a member of the communications and networking societies of the IEEE.
Allison Leopold Tilley focuses on the representation of technology companies in securities and venture capital transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements, public offerings, venture funds and joint ventures. She has significant experience representing acquirers and target companies. Allison is co-head of the firm's Corporate Securities & Technology practice, leader of the Silicon Valley Business and Technology Group and co-leader of the Southeast Asia team.
Danial Faizullabhoy is the President and CEO of BroadLogic. He brings breadth and depth of running an early stage semiconductor company through his experience as a Vice President General Manager at Adaptec and experience as a Venture Capitalist at Walden International.
Pascal Levensohn is the Founder and Managing Partner of Levensohn Venture Partners. He has written three major white papers on the subject of VC board governance best practices, which are freely available at www.levp.com/news. An avid blogger, Pascal posts about current events at www.pascalsview.com.


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