In this candid discussion, veteran VC Seth Levine shares his best practices for having productive startup board meetings. He provides concrete advice on how both VCs and founders can improve board governance and oversight.

Key topics covered:

Why understanding motivations is key in investment meetings
How to frame discussions to enable better decision making
Why VCs should listen more than speak in board meetings
The critical questions to ask founders in board meetings
How to create an environment for meaningful dialogue
When to defer to others rather than force opinions
Why diverse expertise on boards is essential
Seth draws on decades of experience guiding and advising startups to provide tactics VCs, founders, and board members can implement right away to transform the quality of their board interactions.

The goal is to move from checkbox discussions to sessions where real governance and guidance happens. With candid insights from a prominent VC, this talk provides an insider's perspective on optimizing board meetings.

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - Framing investment meetings
3:12 - Transition to board governance
5:36 - Board meeting best practices
9:44 - Questions VCs should ask
12:11 - Listening and speaking deliberately
14:22 - Utilizing the full board's expertise

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