Comments on: Opening board meetings to the entire company http://venturehacks.com/articles/opening-board-meetings Good advice for startups. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:44:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ben Foden http://venturehacks.com/articles/opening-board-meetings/comment-page-1#comment-8879 Ben Foden Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:22:15 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=1004#comment-8879 Eye-opening discussion about how the exact opposite of conventional strategy is really the best way to do things... Test and Sell products before you develop, and invite everyone to the board meeting to gain credibility, and insight from the trenches. Will be putting these gems to use in future ventures... Thanks for the Hack! Eye-opening discussion about how the exact opposite of conventional strategy is really the best way to do things…

Test and Sell products before you develop, and invite everyone to the board meeting to gain credibility, and insight from the trenches.

Will be putting these gems to use in future ventures…

Thanks for the Hack!

]]> By: Sean Murphy http://venturehacks.com/articles/opening-board-meetings/comment-page-1#comment-8085 Sean Murphy Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:15:13 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=1004#comment-8085 This is a great dialog: I really appreciate you posting both the audio and the transcript. Jack Stack's "The Great Game of Business" has a number of tips on how to translate the business owners dashboard into a message that's not only digestible but actionable by all employees. See http://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Business-Jack-Stack/dp/038547525X in particular his "critical business number" model would be a useful complement to Eric's "open board meeting" approach. This is a great dialog: I really appreciate you posting both the audio and the transcript.

Jack Stack’s “The Great Game of Business” has a number of tips on how to translate the business owners dashboard into a message that’s not only digestible but actionable by all employees. See http://www.amazon.com/Great-Game-Business-Jack-Stack/dp/038547525X in particular his “critical business number” model would be a useful complement to Eric’s “open board meeting” approach.

]]> By: Nik http://venturehacks.com/articles/opening-board-meetings/comment-page-1#comment-8080 Nik Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:23:53 +0000 http://venturehacks.com/?p=1004#comment-8080 Nivi, The part of running stuff in the open is really great. I ran previous iterations of our service thinking that the world was going to knock on our door to cover our service and we made some bad decisions. For our current brand, We are doing exactly what Eric is talking about. We have no press but a regular stream of users that come organically and through some paid visits. For the consumer version, we charge a monthly subscription to access our service. Despite us being in the early stages of development, we are continuing to get paid subscribers on a daily basis. This gives us very valuable insight into the metrics, conversions, what works and what doesn't. I just wish Eric had started blogging before... Nik Nivi,

The part of running stuff in the open is really great. I ran previous iterations of our service thinking that the world was going to knock on our door to cover our service and we made some bad decisions. For our current brand, We are doing exactly what Eric is talking about.

We have no press but a regular stream of users that come organically and through some paid visits. For the consumer version, we charge a monthly subscription to access our service. Despite us being in the early stages of development, we are continuing to get paid subscribers on a daily basis. This gives us very valuable insight into the metrics, conversions, what works and what doesn’t.

I just wish Eric had started blogging before…

Nik

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