Laura Thompson

@antnar Congrats @antnar ! Guaranteed to be an awesome community.

🚨 So excited to announce a new adventure: I’m launching the NEXT community for startup job-seekers! 🤩 NEXT brings together entrepreneurial mid-career and exec-level people who are intentionally thinking about what they want in their next chapters 🚀

So excited to welcome a new group of leaders shaping the startup ecosystem into the community! 🚀🚀🚀

@dburka Early stage startups can change dramatically in 18 months. I don’t hold it against people who jumped from early stage companies if there’s a clear reason (strategy shift, lack of values alignment, etc…).

How do you all evaluate senior candidates who have many <18 month stints in their work experience in the last 10 years?

@MikeMacCombie In our friend group, we’ve gotten into the habit of asking “aggressively intrusive questions” over dinner. Stuff like “what’s something your parents did you don’t want to repeat?”. It’s *so* much more interesting than the usual dinner chat and a great way to build deep bonds.

Some of my favorite atypical questions to ask people: (Because I'm done with superficial conversation at this point in my life)

@TonioDeSo Nope! A handful of our friends in Puerto Rico are 40+ and learning to surf. Come to Puerto Rico! Lots of good beginner breaks with lessons, board rentals…and turtles ;)

Will I get hurt if I learn to surf at 45?

@jolisa_ 😍😍😍

@ashkanstweets @shriyanevatia It was a great talk! Doug had a few zingers.

Doug Leone from Sequoia closed a panel yesterday evening I was in the audience for with a fitting quote for founders given state of markets and it’s spot on. “You cannot overtake 15 cars when it’s sunny… but you can when it’s raining.” -Ayrton Senna, former F1 driver

If you’re looking to land your next startup leadership role or accelerate your path at your current one, apply to be considered for the community below 👇 Only 50 spots are available. Kickoff is Feb 7. bit.ly/3V0Z3HQ

Execs on Deck is a curated community for leaders with 12+ years of experience looking to accelerate their careers in startups. Go farther faster with 1:1 exec coaching, workshops, and a world-class peer community.

Applications for the next cohort of Execs on Deck are now open! Take the next step forward in your startup leadership career with the support of an executive coach & world-class peers. Join top leaders from hyper-growth startups & companies like Google, Tesla, Uber, and Amazon.

@deenashakir @HLTHEVENT Give them an extra high five for me!!

en route to vegas for @HLTHEVENT and can’t wait to hang with so many of my favorite founders and co-investors and journalists! after a few years of covid, i’ll kinda feels like a big college reunion … also feeling ready to high 5 those NV voters! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Matt Mochary has been CEO coach to @naval, the founders of OpenAI, Notion, Rippling, Robinhood, Coinbase, Reddit, Plaid, Flexport, Opendoor, partners at Sequoia, YC, Benchmark, and many others. He also open-sourced his entire curriculum, templates and all. Here's a link 👇

@goblin_tech_ @shriyanevatia @TheCouncilCap @AmberIllig

@schlaf We talk about this a lot in Execs on Deck! I agree with @CG_SF_NY - seek 1:1 intros wherever possible and follow the threads. In my experience, recruiters often aren't as helpful as execs think they will be, especially if you're trying to make a pivot (new industry, etc..).

What advice do you have for a talented executive who wants to find a new role, but is afraid to cast a wide net because they don’t want their employer to find out.

We are committed to supporting those experiencing tech layoffs. There are 3K+ jobs with OD partner companies. If you’re considering starting a company, we've opened up office hours w/ our team, including @btaleisnik @rajavick @LauraNThompson 👇 bit.ly/3G0TG6W

@AmberIllig @MikeMacCombie @DSox @galeforceVC @MacConwell @jaimalik @rrhoover @rsg @jefielding @Samirkaji @dunkhippo33 @paigefinnn @MikeMacCombie & @AmberIllig you 2 should def connect!

@MikeMacCombie @DSox @galeforceVC @MacConwell @jaimalik @rrhoover @rsg @jefielding @Samirkaji @dunkhippo33 @paigefinnn Would love to chat with you about how we’re taking an ‘operators backing operators’ approach to bring tech’s best practices and talent to legacy industries. forbes.com/sites/marijabu…

🚨🔎🚨 If you are trying to find the right VC firms to connect with (I'm talking to you, LPs, VCs, and founders), this is for you:

Execs on Deck 2 kicked off today with an incredible group including: - serial founders w/ multiple exits - technical leaders - former pro surfer - war zone diplomat - 20-year military veteran EoD fellows offer hard-won strategic + tactical advice to support our founders.

@shriyanevatia In.

what do you have to message me to get a response in .3 seconds? exhibit a:

Since 2019, our all-female and operator-heavy angel community at @TheCouncilCap has quietly been joining cap tables. Today, we are in Forbes announcing our venture arm, The Council Fund 🔥 *raising under 506c*

@halfrealjini @beondeck @cartainc Hey! The focus will be helping exec-level employees understand their equity, but we'll touch on this a bit as there's of course some overlap :)

Evaluating a startup equity package can be difficult. Even seasoned operators can use a primer. Tomorrow at 9am PT, tune in to our open session on "Startup Equity 101" ft @cartainc 's Ryan O'Conor. Register 👇 go.beondeck.com/startup-equity…