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May 2, 2025 115 mins

The ASYMMETRIC Crew today:

Revant: Founder, Mosaic Wellness

Shantanu: Founder, Bombay Shaving Company

Chirag: Founder, GoKwik

Tarun Davda: Managing Director at Z47

00:00 Coming Up

00:55 Intro and Welcome to Tarun!

2:22 Context for the Topic

4:52 USA vs India Board Cultures

10:36 The Debate on Taking Board Seats

16:46 Thoughts on Governance

23:49 The Slippery Slope to Malpractice

27:39 Thoughts on Founder Salary

41:25 Ex-Operators as Board Members

43:27 Do VCs and Investors Add Value?

50:54 How Founders Can Derive Value from VCs

1:00:44 Good vs Bad Board Meetings

1:08:46 When Founders Can’t Choose their VCs

1:14:47 How to Leverage Board Meetings

1:21:59 Thoughts on Involving Key Members in Board Meetings

1:25:40 Building the Founder VC Relationship

1:33:19 How Prescriptive Should Investors Be?

1:42:25 Thoughts on Investing in the Competition

1:49:57 Rethinking the Investor Role

Notes from the episode:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYpDvsmMzAOX1svq-j67FYyI0x3rr48_/view?usp=sharing

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