CEO Coach

Every startup needs a cap table, even if the only shareholders are the founder and perhaps a partner or two. As you grow, you will most likely be making awards of stock or options to advisors, employees and investors. You cap table is a summary of all transactions in your stock register, and therefore a complete record of who owns all the assets in your company. Gillian and Anne go over all the basics you need to know, as well as some online tools that make setting up and managing your cap table easy, so you can get back to the important business of growing your startup.

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Eventually your startup will need a board of directors. But, when do you shift from advisors to directors, and what are the need for them, as well as the ramifications of setting up a BOD? Anne and Gillian answer these questions and walk your through the process of recruiting, compensating and retaining an effective board for your startup.

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Every successful person speaks of mentors that led the way and provided encouragement.  This is especially true when you are founding a startup, a time when you “perpetually need more expertise than you could possibly accrue as an individual,” according to Amy Chang, founder of Accompany. Mentors, and Advisors will get you there. Anne Gillian tell how to find mentors, and how to optimize their input.

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Term Sheets 101Terms sheets are good news, but they can be intimidating. Gillian and Anne break down what some of the confusing terms and what they mean, what to look out for. Disclaimer none of this is in any way legal advice, as they are not attorneys. As always, you best course is to consult your own attorney for all legal interpretations.

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Gillian and Anne continue their discussion of the best ways to fund your very early stage company. This week is all about how to find the investors who are right for the stage of your company or idea. Hear step-by-step how to research, find and pitch to optimize your chances of success.

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Gillian and Anne discuss ways to get your very early stage idea funded. Maybe it’s not even a product yet, just a good idea. Where do you look for funding? It depends on your stage of development. Hear which investors are a best for each one and your best process for getting started.

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Only .05 percent of startups get VC funding. And it takes a long time. Hard news. Gillian and Anne talk about why this is so, and what you can do about it. Not every company is fundable. Is yours? If it is, Listen in for how to shorten the time it takes you to get funded.

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Guest Stephanie Lampkin tells how to hire for merit alone, and get past unconscious bias on gender, race or age, and more to point, why this is important. Inclusive teams perform better as do the companies that attract them. Blendoor is an app that removes gender, ethnic and age clues from the hiring funnel, allowing hiring decisions based qualifications, experience and aptitude. 

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Raising capital is critical to your startup’s success. So is running your business. Gillian and Anne discuss how to manage both, and why your fundraising efforts make you a better manager, and what to do when you hit that point of desperation. Hint: it has a lot to do with noodles -- and not just using yours.

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Gillian and Anne challenging every speaker, mentor, advisor, event organizer, company and organization leader, and department head to do something about the dearth of gender and diversity in tech businesses in the U.S. today, asking everyone to set aside one seat at the table.  And fill it with a person who otherwise would not have access to the event. For free. Seek out people who have not yet considered that a role in tech could be possible for them. Give them access to expertise. Practice intentional inclusion.

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