For many founders, a supervisory board is forced upon them when substantial funding is committed. Consequently, they see their board…
Nina Kotterik1 February 2024
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“The hallmark of good corporate governance is an independent-minded board of directors to oversee management and represent the interests of…
Anita Ghans4 December 2023
Many scaleups establish a supervisory board nowadays, especially after some serious investment round. The effectiveness of this board plays a…
Anita Ghans21 November 2023
During the ScaleUpNation’s Board program several speakers mentioned the importance of independent board members in start-ups. Kaplan and Strömberg found…
Anita Ghans22 September 2023
‘Lots of founders aren’t the CEO. And lots of CEOs aren’t the founder’. Marc Randolph, Netflix Co-Founder The…
Anita Ghans1 August 2023
“Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.” … Wirecard Scandal Puts German Boards on the Spot…
Anita Ghans18 July 2023
In the “Meet the Startup Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking…
Anita Ghans4 July 2023
Last week I had a conversation with a new customer. I asked this scale-up why they joined the Triodos community.…
Anita Ghans13 June 2023
In the “Meet the Startup Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking…
Anita Ghans5 June 2023
In the “Meet the Startup Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking…
Anita Ghans11 May 2023
One of the important questions in business has been why some organizations succeeded while others failed. Organisational performance has been…
Anita Ghans25 April 2023
It goes without saying how important it is for start-up and scale-up ventures to have talented, especially the right, well-fitting…
Anita Ghans13 April 2023
Startup culture is full of promise. As a startup entrepreneur, you believe that you are creating the perfect mouse trap: a…
Anita Ghans4 April 2023
In the “Meet the Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans31 March 2023
Oost NL invests via multiple funds in numerous stat-ups and scale-ups that are primarily based in the province of Gelderland…
Anita Ghans23 March 2023
In the “Meet the Startup Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking…
Anita Ghans16 March 2023
*Generating market pull is like practicing medicine through solving people’s real needs. Market pull is a scaling force Market…
Anita Ghans8 March 2023
In the “Meet the Scaleup Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking…
Anita Ghans3 March 2023
The board is above all a social construct to serve some man-made goals. In this case, it's there to get…
Anita Ghans28 February 2023
When looking for funding most scaleups take all the money they can get in their quest for growth. Get the…
Anita Ghans21 February 2023
In the “Meet the Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans16 February 2023
Scaling is like sailing! It is about navigating a venture through a chosen course, while taking best advantage of the…
Anita Ghans15 February 2023
What triggered me most in the ScaleUpNation Board Program, is that the key driver for success, is the behavioral attitude…
Anita Ghans7 February 2023
In the “Meet the Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans2 February 2023
Creative leadership, natural leadership, sustainable leadership, authentic leadership, servant leadership …. is “ambidextrous leadership” the latest leadership fad? On the…
Anita Ghans30 January 2023
When Dr. Blagburn stated in her presentation that “70-80% of venture board members add negative value to scale-ups in their…
Anita Ghans24 January 2023
In the “Meet the Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans19 January 2023
A board is like a sports coach, that is a trusted coach of the team, with deep insights in how to…
Anita Ghans17 January 2023
In the “Meet the Board Member” we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans20 December 2022
Startup Boards: The Impact of Ambidextrous Leadership for Sustained Performance, with Cecile Veerman
The world is changing rapidly and needs to deal with large global challenges. Those challenges create on one hand huge…
Anita Ghans6 December 2022
In the stage between startup and scaleup a supervisory board is sometimes seen as a ‘limiting’ factor, delaying the company…
Anita Ghans18 November 2022
In the "Meet the Board Member" we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans10 November 2022
In early stage venture capital practice we tend to see a lot of boards with a majority of dependent board…
Anita Ghans27 October 2022
In the "Meet the Board Member" we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans19 October 2022
The main role of a board is to help guide the company through major decisions, such as hiring and firing…
Anita Ghans7 October 2022
In the "Meet the Board Member" we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans14 September 2022
In the "Meet the Board Member" we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans26 August 2022
There might come a moment that entrepreneurs and CEOs realise that they need to set up a board for their…
Anita Ghans23 August 2022
In the "Meet the Board Member" we profile a member of our ScaleUpBoard alumni community. Today we are speaking with…
Anita Ghans10 August 2022
“Teamwork makes the dream work!” Creating high performing teams who achieve great results is as crucial as having a compelling…
Anita Ghans9 August 2022
It doesn't sound that hard right? Being chairman of a Board? You manage the agenda and ensure that everything is…
Anita Ghans21 July 2022
When looking for new or replacement board members, founders and investors alike often think about the knowledge and experience they…
Anita Ghans16 June 2022
In early-stage ventures it is quite common to have either a pure Investor Board or a Supervisory Board with predominantly…
Anita Ghans2 June 2022
Boards play a key role in the development and growth of scale-ups, innovation and the growth of our economy. Scale-ups…
Anita Ghans17 May 2022
Venture capital or VC funds, being among the traditional funders of scale-ups, are often represented on scale-up boards. And that…
Nina Kotterik5 May 2022
Ultimately, the task of a supervisory board is to ensure long term value creation for the company shareholders. In the…
Nina Kotterik16 March 2022
As extensively discussed during the ScaleUpBoard program of ScaleUpNation, there is a clear distinction between start-ups and scale-ups, and their…
Nina Kotterik2 March 2022
A board handles a variety of topics, but interestingly, only decides formally on one: hiring and/or firing the CEO. One…
Marta Fiolhais9 February 2022
Many times, a non-executive board is instated at a start-up at the request of one or more investors. As the…
Jorrit van de Walle2 February 2022
Are we doing things right, or are we doing the right things? 1 The four sessions we have sat together…
Elisabeth Storm de Grave19 January 2022
For many founders, a supervisory board is forced upon them when substantial funding is committed. Consequently, they see their board…
Nina Kotterik1 February 2024
Many scaleups establish a supervisory board nowadays, especially after some serious investment round. The effectiveness of this board plays a…
Anita Ghans21 November 2023
During the ScaleUpNation’s Board program several speakers mentioned the importance of independent board members in start-ups. Kaplan and Strömberg found…
Anita Ghans22 September 2023
Last week I had a conversation with a new customer. I asked this scale-up why they joined the Triodos community.…
Anita Ghans13 June 2023
The board is above all a social construct to serve some man-made goals. In this case, it's there to get…
Anita Ghans28 February 2023
What triggered me most in the ScaleUpNation Board Program, is that the key driver for success, is the behavioral attitude…
Anita Ghans7 February 2023
When Dr. Blagburn stated in her presentation that “70-80% of venture board members add negative value to scale-ups in their…
Anita Ghans24 January 2023
A board is like a sports coach, that is a trusted coach of the team, with deep insights in how to…
Anita Ghans17 January 2023
Startup Boards: The Impact of Ambidextrous Leadership for Sustained Performance, with Cecile Veerman
The world is changing rapidly and needs to deal with large global challenges. Those challenges create on one hand huge…
Anita Ghans6 December 2022
In the stage between startup and scaleup a supervisory board is sometimes seen as a ‘limiting’ factor, delaying the company…
Anita Ghans18 November 2022
*Generating market pull is like practicing medicine through solving people’s real needs. Market pull is a scaling force Market…
Anita Ghans8 March 2023
Scale-ups need to grow their customer base with limited resources. Therefore, word-of-mouth is an important tool for them to attract…
Liselore Haverman11 March 2020
For scale-ups, delighting customers means engaging in meaningful relationships with them. Talking to your customers allows you to adjust your…
Anna Fenko25 February 2020
As a scale-up CEO, you want to delight your customers by offering them an irresistible product. You already have a…
Liselore Haverman20 February 2020
One of the main success factors in scaling your company is the ability to delight your customers*. But the company…
Anna Fenko11 February 2020
Scale-ups need to delight their customers. But is that enough? As a scale-up CEO, you are extremely busy. But for…
Liselore Haverman13 January 2020
Beyond Product-Market Fit Product launches are exhilarating – the team is ready to go, aligned, partly terrified, but thrilled to…
Valeria Mecozzi21 June 2018
Saying no to potential customers can seem counter-intuitive especially for companies in the start-up phase, but it could be the…
Valeria Mecozzi21 June 2018
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