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Build Your Board, Build Your Business: The Path to Million Dollar Success Explained Kindle Edition

by Barbara E. Clarke (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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As a CEO charged with elevating your business and ensuring its growth, the path can feel long—and lonely—without the right support. But behind every successful CEO is a board of directors, a diverse group of mentors rich in knowledge and experience, capable of guiding you in your company’s development and laying a foundation for you to flourish.

Are you ready to start building?

In Build Your Board, Build Your Business, economist, investor, and entrepreneur Barbara Clarke shows how to take your company to the next level and fulfill your potential by developing the board of directors your company needs for success. Whether you’re a CEO now or aspiring to be one, this book is the business companion that will help you organize your intentions and goals, streamline your effort, and utilize the diversity your organization has to offer. Your personal success means more overall success for your company. With worksheets, questionnaires, and exercises to demystify the process of building a board, Build Your Board, Build Your Business is a thought-provoking companion for any business owner's journey to success.

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"There are few individuals whose single-handed advice, counsel, and support are catalytic to the growth of a company—providing it the fuel that it needs to break through the atmosphere and make it into the galaxy. Barbara Clarke is one of those people. She understands how to start and build companies, but she also understands the ecosystem and how to help founders successfully navigate it. I can definitively say that were it not for Barbara Clarke, there would have been no Angel Round, no Seed Round, no Series A round, and no company. Having Barbara as an investor and advisor are the greatest gifts that both founders and companies could ever receive."
Tanya Van Court, CEO and Founder of Goalsetter



"As a CEO, founder, and serial VC-backed entrepreneur, I've experienced firsthand how critical your company's board of directors can be to your success or failure. Clarke's Build Your Board, Build Your Business provides founders with insights and strategies for sourcing the experienced individuals and mentors that will catapult your business to success."
Kim Folsom, Founder, Chairperson, CEO of Founders First Capital Partners


"The most successful entrepreneurs know how to inspire and when to listen. Build Your Board, Build Your Business is a smart, engaging, and essential book for any entrepreneur looking to leverage the power of listening, connection, and insight by building an effective and productive board of directors."
L. Gennari, Esq., Partner at Gennari Aronson, LLP and book columnist for Boston Business Journal


"For any startup founder or soon-to-be founder, Build Your Board, Build Your Business provides invaluable guidance and insights into an often overlooked part of starting a company—governance. Clarke breaks down the daunting task of building and managing a board with a clever and relatable approach, which any startup at any level can use."
Eli Velasquez, Managing Partner of Investors of Color


"As a startup lawyer of thirty years I've experienced these issues firsthand hundreds of times and appreciate the practical guidance Barbara offers. She articulates the need for a vibrant, supportive board, provides exactly the right context for the role of the board, and demystifies the process for making a strong board a core component of building a successful high-growth company. Build Your Board, Build Your Business is a gift I send to all of my startup CEOs!"
Matt Kirmayer, Esq., Partner at Perkins Coie LLC


"A strong and strategic board can significantly increase the trajectory of a company. Barbara has successfully guided, mentored, challenged, and lifted countless companies as an investor and as a seasoned board member. Build Your Board, Build Your Business is a foundational guide for any founder looking to grow their business."
Cordero Barkley, Partner and Director of Finance and Investments at TitletownTech

About the Author

Barbara Clarke is Founder and Chair of The Impact Seat Foundation, which creates a world in which women, particularly women of color, succeed as business leaders. Barbara's full stack philanthropy melds impact investing, advocacy, and grantmaking to accelerate an equitable economy for all. As a top US individual investor in women-led innovative tech startups, Barbara's iconic investment strategy has inspired investors worldwide. She serves on several boards, including Portfolia, a women-centered financial services company, and Founders First Capital Partners, an innovative revenue-based financing company. Barbara speaks several languages and splits her time between New England and Berlin.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09ZK3BWMX
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Impact Seat Publishing (May 31, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 31, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1682 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 132 pages
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    4.9 4.9 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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Barbara Clarke is Founder and Chair of The Impact Seat Foundation, which creates a world in which women, particularly women of color, succeed as business leaders. Barbara’s full stack philanthropy melds impact investing, advocacy, and grantmaking to accelerate an equitable economy for all. As a top US individual investor in women-led innovative tech startups, Barbara’s iconic investment strategy has inspired investors worldwide. She serves on several boards, including Portfolia, a women-centered financial services company, and Founders First Capital Partners, an innovative revenue-based financing company. Barbara speaks several languages and splits her time between New England and Berlin.

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Anne F Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything founders need to know to create the right boards for their companies
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
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Long-time investor and founder of The Impact Seat Barbara Clarke wants all CEOs to know how to create highly effective boards of directors, because it is the secret sauce to achieving their next level of success. She explains just how it’s done in her new book Build Your Board, Build Your Business. With many years serving on boards of startups and guiding their successful growth, Ms. Clarke is clearly qualified to share what she learned, and generous enough to do so, step by step. The right time to bring your directors on board is sooner, rather than later. Make sure you fill the right seats on the bus as your company grows, with the people most qualified to help you steer it to success. This book is where you start or fine tune your journey.
Anne F Kennedy
Managing Director, Mastersfund
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Marcia D.
5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST-read for all entrepreneurs (and investors too)! The Impact Seat Assessment alone is worth it!
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
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So much more than what the title tells us! This book covers everything from assessing where you are as a founder/entrepreneur, where your business is now and where you want to go, how and who to network with, and so much more. Amazing overview of the governance process, how to keep up with it (it can be overwhelming) and how to make sure you have the RIGHT people on the board. The Impact Seat Assessment is an amazing tool! And I loved the real life questions throughout the book to help any business create, maintain and thrive with the best board and the best business possible!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Board Members as Trusted Collaborators - a Better Vision
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
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So much good, practical, actionable information here - and most important: the author shares the vision of growing a company as a collaboration of experts. Barbara Clarke not only rejects the zero sum game view of CEO versus board, she sails right past it showing how in this way and that, boards complement executive action allowing companies to grow in amazing ways. Thank you, Barbara Clarke! I’ll be recommending this book to everyone I advise. Teresa Nelson, PhD
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Lynn J. Loacker
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential read for every startup CEO
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2022
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Drawing on her experience and expertise as a prolific investor and Board member, Barbara Clarke reveals the secret sauce to taking a startup to the next level of growth and development: recruiting, cultivating, and interacting with a Board of Directors. Barbara lays out a detailed roadmap -- filled with helpful anecdotes -- for building an effective Board of Directors. This is an essential read for any startup founder.
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Denielle Finkelstein
5.0 out of 5 stars The book all entrepreneurs need for success!
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From front to back, this book is filled with advice, guidance and wisdom they all startups need to create the “right” board for their organization to set them up for success and to excel to the next level! I will be buying this book for ALL my entrepreneur friends. Thank you Barbara for sharing your wealth of knowledge with everyone!
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Gabriella D
5.0 out of 5 stars A business companion for all business leaders!
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Build Your Board, Build Your Business is such a valuable guide for all business leaders looking to level up! Barbara Clarke's informative and accessible how-to guide is a useful tool for Founders and CEOs at any stage in their business journey!
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William Zesiger
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide for finding your superpower!
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Barbara’s accessible and engaging writing style has me hooked! The assessment exercises are well developed and helped me discover what Barbara refers to as my “superpower” as a business leader! I look forward to sharing this with my peers.
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Catherine W. Popper
5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and compelling!
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2022
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This is a great resource for any entrepreneur building a board or a first time board member. Barbara’s advice and roadmap are spot on.

This is a quick read and well worth the time.
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