Jason M. Lemkin tells new startup leaders to slow down before joining. Get the latest board pack under NDA to see the company's real performance and risks, which often surface within 60 days. Talk to mentors first.
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Slow it down, talk to a mentor or two, ask for the last— so many folks don't have the last board pack or the last, or if they, or the, the CEO feels like after 10 meetings they won't share the board pack with you, like under NDA or like in a DocSend, then at least share the company meeting pack. You're shocked that people don't even— so many CROs don't even know what the data that was in the last board meeting. Why would you join a startup if you can't get access to the last board meeting when you're going to be liable for it in 60 days, right? So try, just find a way to get, and, but, but you don't have to be pushing the first meeting, like use your, your life experience and your spider sense. And then, and then this is the exercise I try to do.