HeyJaredEnter The Arena | Julia Elliott Brown
Board-level reflections on leadership, strategy and governance - for founders scaling ambitious businesses.
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The Ball and Chain You Asked For (opens the original)
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I will never forget standing on a stage at an Enterprise Nation conference, being interviewed by Emma Jones CBE about the success of my business, while backstage, in my own head, I was in the middle of a fundraise I already knew was failing. I said all the right things. I was warm, articulate, confident about where the business was heading. None of it was a lie exactly. But it wasn’t the whole truth either, and that’s the thing nobody tells you about scaling a business: you’re never being dishon
How Passion Quietly Sinks Founders (opens the original)
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Ten days at a silent Vipassana retreat, on a cushion, no phone, no book, no talking, was never going to suit someone who runs on speed and evidence. But that’s exactly why I signed up.Ten years ago I moved from founder into advisor and board chair, and the instincts that served me in the first role are close to useless in the second. Building rewards speed, conviction, action. This work rewards the opposite: watching without stepping in, holding a question rather than answering it, letting a fou
What Investors Actually Look for in Your Board (opens the original)
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Most founders spend months preparing for a raise.They refine the deck. They rehearse the numbers. They stress-test the market size slide.Thanks for reading. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<
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