Helpful Boards – Ride It to the Sky

I was extremely lucky to have had an excellent Board of Directors at Fundera. I generally believe that most boards are relatively useless, which is at least better than boards that are harmful. So when I found myself surrounded by people who genuinely cared about our business and its people, even while knowing that the company was not a power-law-fund-returner, I knew I was one of the lucky entrepreneurs. Here are some things that our board did (and some other examples that I’ve seen other boards do) that I’ll always be grateful for and have helped me learn what being a supportive and excellent director looks like: Good board members are truth-tellers. They are not trying to win popularity contests or pander to a founder/CEO/exec team’s emotions. They aren’t trying to impress other board members either. They tell it how they see it. A good example of this was when Scott Feldman embarked on a difficult journey to teach me how to properly manage the finances of a company. I came from the

I was extremely lucky to have had an excellent Board of Directors at Fundera. I generally believe that most boards are relatively useless, which is at least better than boards that are harmful. So when I found myself surrounded by people who genuinely cared about our business and its people, even while knowing that the company was not a power-law-fund-returner, I knew I was one of the lucky entrepreneurs. Here are some things that our board did (and some other examples that I’ve seen other boards do) that I’ll always be grateful for and have helped me learn what being a supportive and excellen