Jack Rollins 7/24/25 Jack Rollins 7/24/25

The Advisory Board Connection That Saved a Business and Led to an Eight-Figure Exit

Most founders treat advisory boards like expensive consultants. Carrie Kerpen's eight-figure exit story proves they're actually your most valuable network access point.

Grace Boyle 7/18/25 Grace Boyle 7/18/25

Why Your Ideal Customer Profile Belongs in Your Boardroom

Kara Alaimo didn’t just join Jackalo’s board. She became their biggest strategic advantage.

As a mom and their ideal customer, she brings real-time insight into what truly drives buying decisions. Her lived experience shapes smarter strategy, faster.

Founders, this is your reminder: your next best advisor might be your customer.

Kat de Haen 7/10/25 Kat de Haen 7/10/25

Successfully Managing Your Board: Beyond the Basics

"Are you treating your governing board like partners or like adversaries?"

Kat de Haen 7/4/25 Kat de Haen 7/4/25

The Real Independence Day: When Every Founder Builds Their Dream Board

Sasha Yankovskaya 6/5/24 Sasha Yankovskaya 6/5/24

The Fourth Effect with Katrin de Haen feature #130 of Together Talks

Kat de Haen 2/29/24 Kat de Haen 2/29/24

Create Change By Changing Who Controls the Money

… we need to overcome our implicit bias that wrongly tells us that women and people of color don’t belong at financial decision making tables.

But another important contribution to why we are stuck is a lack of transparency and accountability. We can’t change what we can’t see and currently the backgrounds and composition of portfolio management teams is unknown to most investors.