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Podcast: Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein
Episode: Leah Solivan: The Entrepreneur's Journey to the Boardroom.
Description: (0:00) Intro.(1:10) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(1:57) Start of interview.(2:40) Leah's "origin story." (3:41) Her time at IBM.(4:48) Her founding story of TaskRabbit (Boston, 2008).(12:43) The evolution of her board at TaskRabbit, and how to think about (startup) board composition and scaling. (20:31) First CEO succession (after $12m Series B in 2012).(25:10) Her return as CEO, raising a Series C, and adding 3 strategic independent directors.(26:13) On hiring Stacy Brown-Philpot as COO, and successor to CEO role.(30:45) Distinguishing between startup di...