🚀 From First Check to Exit: The Board Strategy Most Founders Don't Know They're Missing #NYTechWeek

Tuesday, Jun 2

10:00am – 12:00pm

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🚀 Successful exits: what founders should be doing now to get there. Most early-stage founders focus on product, growth, and fundraising. The companies that consistently outperform are doing something else early, they're building the right people around them and structuring those relationships to actually drive outcomes. Join us for a high-impact morning designed for pre-seed to Series B founders who want to build smarter, scale faster, and unlock access to capital. We will demystify advisory and governing boards and show you how they can accelerate growth, strengthen your investor narrative, and open doors to capital. We'll start with a short fireside on exits; what founders get wrong, how early decisions shape outcomes, and why the people around you matter more than most realize. Then we'll zoom out to the full playbook. Advisory boards, governing boards, strategic advisors - these are the most underleveraged tools in a founder's arsenal, and experienced entrepreneurs never leave this value on the table. Why? How to actually build, structure, compensate, and paper these relationships has been nearly impossible to find in one place. Until now. 🎓 You'll walk away knowing: - the difference between advisory and governing boards and when to build each - how the right board increases your fundability and investor confidence, practical strategies for structuring, compensating, and managing boards early - how to identify and recruit high-impact members — and why diversity on your board leads to stronger decisions and better outcomes 💡 Boards should not be scary. They should be your rocket fuel. Real-world lessons, common pitfalls, actionable frameworks. You'll hear from a VC, an M&A lawyer, and an operator-turned-founder on what the best companies do differently. Whether you're pre-seed or preparing for your next round, you'll leave with the clarity and tools to turn your board into a true strategic advantage, not the other way around. ⏰ Agenda: 10:00 – Arrivals 10:15 – Programming starts​Agenda: 10:00 – Arrivals 10:15 – Programming starts ​Mini Fireside chat: Planning for exits - Moderator: Breen Sullivan, Founder, The Fourth Effect - Guest: Marlen Preyger, Partner, Anchin ​Panel: Building boards that unlock capital and scale - Moderator: Marlen Preyger, Partner, Anchin - Panelist: Mike MacCombie, Investor - Panelist: Breen Sullivan, Founder, The Fourth Effect - Panelist: Jeffrey Koh, M&A Partner, Reitler Come ready to learn, ask questions, and connect with other founders and operators building what’s next. 🙏 A special THANK YOU to our partners: Anchin: a full-service and privately owned accounting, tax, and advisory firm specializing in the unique needs of entrepreneurial, venture capital, and private equity-backed businesses from start-ups to established companies. Reitler: a top-ranked venture capital law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Princeton. The firm represents emerging companies, venture investors and limited partners across all stages of investment, in seed financings, growth rounds, mergers and acquisitions and exit transactions. Reitler is consistently ranked as a Top 10 venture capital law firm by Pitchbook and has been recognized by Chambers as a global leader in its Startups & Emerging Companies category. With thousands of venture financings completed since our founding, we bring deep experience and practical insight to help our clients achieve their goals efficiently.

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