Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston
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Startup Boards: Forming & Organizing Your Board
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The video walks founders through setting up a startup board, including who to seat and how to structure it so the founder keeps a voice in major decisions. It offers a short, practical primer on governance, helping viewers plan for outside investors before control becomes a problem.
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