{"id":1933,"date":"2021-06-17T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startupboardacademy.org\/articles\/shareholders-on-boards\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:14:44","slug":"shareholders-on-boards","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/startupboardacademy.org\/fr\/articles\/shareholders-on-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"Shareholders on Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h3><strong>Shareholders joining Boards\u2026.and stepping down<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When entrepreneurs establish their startups, they are usually the Board Members as well. As the company receives funding from different investors -family and friends, business angels, VCs\u2026- some might request to get a Board seat. Who should join the Startup Board and when?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark Suster<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shares some thoughts about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/bothsidesofthetable.com\/who-should-be-on-your-startup-board-c099daa7178e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this article<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And eventually, some might need to leave the Board. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/insights.diligent.com\/board-succession-planning\/leaving-a-board-removing-board-members-term-limits-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> highlights some good reasons to do that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And last but not least, what happens with the shares?<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farleys.com\/director-leaving-company-sell-shares\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Here are <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some recommendations from the startup perspective -or at least the lawyers!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/bothsidesofthetable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Both Sides of the Table<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.diligent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diligent Insights<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farleys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farleys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1837,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[49],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1933","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-ressources"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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