Women are gaining more seats in the corporate boardroom, a movement that figures to gain steam from fresh strategies like a new California law and the clout wielded by financial heavyweights such as Goldman Sachs. But those moves to step up diversity are aimed solely at public companies or those about to arrive on Wall Street, overlooking the nation’s much-larger crop of boards that govern startups and other private companies. Indeed, more than half of 304 …

New CEOs face many issues when starting at a new company but the relationship with the board does not have to be a challenge. Reporting to a board is very different from having an individual as a boss. Managing this relationship is a great test, especially for CEOs with little experience working with boards but there are a few things that can be done to make it easier.

When building out a board of directors for a startup it is important to have the right people and that is the challenging part. An organization can look from within, hire a headhunter or use a company like Boardsi. Boardsi is a low cost asset to organizations that are looking for high caliber individuals that have already been there and done it.

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