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Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

In-depth interview podcast with leading corporate governance experts, including world-class founders, scholars, board members, executives, investors and more. The content is structured as a long-form conversation to explore not only the latest corporate governance trends, but also to get some personal insights from some of the best and brightest minds behind America"s boardrooms.

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00:53:46

Richard Blake: WSGR's 2023 Silicon Valley 150...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2024/02/05

(0:00) Intro.(0:55) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(1:41) Start of interview.(2:21) Richard's "origin story." His position as Chair of WSGR's public company practice and Chair of the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council.(7:30) On the origins and focus of WSGR's 2023 Silicon Valley 150 Corporate Governance Report.(12:00) What findings were most surprising or unexpected in this year's report? Discussion on ESG disclosures.(14:40) On ESG backlash and

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00:49:58

Scott Kupor: Navigating the VC and Startup Governance...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2024/01/29

(0:00) Intro.(1:36) About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:23) Start of interview.(3:33) On the collapse of SVB and its impact to Silicon Valley and the VC industry.(9:05) On the state of private markets. *Reference to Aileen Lee's post on Unicorn update (2013-2024).(14:35) How VCs are approaching tough conversations on shutdowns, downrounds and/or recaps in this down market cycle. *Reference to Scott's book Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to

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01:04:44

Nicolas Darveau-Garneau: "The Greatest AI Risk is...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2024/01/16

(0:00) Intro.(1:28) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:14) Start of interview.(3:09) Nick's "origin story." (6:36) On his first startup IMix.com (focused on music streaming)(7:55) His pivot as an equity analyst at Sanford Bernstein.(8:32) His focus on investing in and advising internet companies.(9:56) His time at Google (2010-2022), first in Canada then as Chief Evangelist.(13:21) His time at Chief Growth and Strategy Officer at Coveo, a Canadian AI company

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00:50:25

Joe Grundfest: "The Biggest Governance Trend for 2024...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2024/01/09

(0:00) Intro.(2:21) About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(3:08) Start of interview.(3:50) On collapse of SVB & other banks. Lessons for board members. *Reference to video from Stanford Rock Center(12:00) On the state of private markets and unicorns. Downturn and shutdowns in VC-backed startups. *Per Pitchbook: “Approx 3,200 private VC-backed U.S. companies have gone out of business this year. Combined, those companies raised north of $27B.”(15:32) On the growth

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01:07:00

Elizabeth Pollman and Yifat Aran: Ousted, Startup...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/12/27

(0:00) Intro.(1:28) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:15) Start of interview.(3:16) Yifat's "origin story." (6:20) Yifat's bio and positions at the University of Haifa and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.(8:00) About Elizabeth Pollman, Professor at the Penn Carey Law School at the U. of Pennsylvania.(9:57) About their article, Ousted (2023). "We use that term broadly to refer to being forced or pushed to step down from the CEO role, specifically that

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01:03:40

Larry Clinton: "The Essence of Cybersecurity is that...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/12/19

(0:00) Intro.(1:21) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.(2:08) Start of interview.(2:49) Larry's "origin story." (4:49) About the Internet Security Alliance (ISA). Founded in 2000 by former Congressman Dave McCurdy, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Larry joined as CEO from the beginning."The ISA view is that we need to look at not just how the attacks are occurring, we also need to look at why the attacks occur. Because unless we understand why

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00:55:18

Joe Nocera and Kate O'Leary: Unpacking HBO's...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/12/11

*Prior episodes reviewing Succession:Season 1: E98 (May 22, 2023)Season 2: E102 (June 26, 2023)Season 3: E109 (Sept 11 , 2023)0:00 -- Intro.2:12-- About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:58 -- Start of interview.3:54 -- On the influence and leadership style of Logan Roy. The "ultimate corporate governance challenge."6:41 -- Comparing the (fictional) Roy family with the (real) Murdochs and Sultzbergers. "Why is Logan trying to sell Waystar? The answer is simple. He

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01:04:29

Ker Gibbs: On Geopolitics and US-China Relations.

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/12/04

0:00 -- Intro.1:26-- About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:13 -- Start of interview.3:47 -- Ker's "origin story." 7:41 -- His history with the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham).9:42 -- About his book “Selling to China. Stories of Success, Failure and Constant Change.” (2023). "We felt that it was important to remind people why we're doing this in the first place, you know, what's good about our relationship with China. We wanted bring the commercial

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01:04:40

John Coates: The Problem of Twelve, Index Funds and...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/11/20

0:00 -- Intro.1:26-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:13 -- Start of interview.2:45 -- John's "origin story." His time at WLRK and at the SEC.4:15 -- His focus at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.4:39 -- About his book THE PROBLEM OF TWELVE: When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything (2023). Publisher: Columbia Global Reports. "Around the year 2000 [Index Funds and Private Equity Funds] began a sustained takeoff and the book is

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00:57:33

Abby Adlerman: On Board Oversight, Accountability,...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/11/13

0:00 -- Intro.1:14-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:09 -- Start of interview.2:41 -- Abby's "origin story." 4:11 -- Her time at Hambrecht & Quist. Distinctions between IPO market in the 1990s and the current environment. Her time as a CEO of a venture-backed e-commerce company. Her time at Russell Reynolds (7 years).10:36 -- The history, mission and current focus of her company Boardspan, founded in 2014. "To help boards succeed." "[The focus is a mixture

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01:03:09

Private Companies and Startup Governance: with Evan...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/11/07

0:00 -- Intro.1:27 -- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:23 -- Intro of Webinar (and speakers) by Nancy Easterbrook, Executive Director of SVDX.5:33 -- Start of webinar by Dan Siciliano, Chair of SVDX.6:40 -- Some differences between private (VC-backed) and public boards.9:23 -- The role of independent directors in venture-backed companies. 14:00 -- Specific issues in VC industry: preferred vs common shares and impact on director fiduciary duties and

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00:50:25

Julie Daum: "The Aging of U.S. Boards and Lack of...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/10/30

0:00 -- Intro.1:11-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:08 -- Start of interview.2:47 -- Julie's "origin story." She started her work with boards in the early 1980s with Catalyst (a non-profit women's organization whose mission is to promote women in corporate America).5:46 -- Now she's leading the Board Practice at Spencer Stewart.6:15 -- About the 2023 U.S. Spencer Stuart Board Index. Now in its 38th year, this index examines the latest data and trends in

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00:50:37

Mauro Cunha: Governance and Board Experience from...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/10/23

0:00 -- Intro.1:38-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:34 -- Start of interview.3:13 -- Mauro's "origin story." 4:11 -- About AMEC, and his time as CEO of the organization (2012-2017). Prior, he was Chairman of IBGC (2008-2010). "My first mission as CEO of AMEC was to become the first independent director at Petrobras" (which he served from 2013 to 2015).9:02 -- On the differences between shareholder engagement/activism in the U.S. and Brazil. 10:04 -- The

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00:45:00

Brian Stafford, CEO of Diligent: "Companies That Do...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/10/16

0:00 -- Intro.1:21-- About this podcast's sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.2:17 -- Start of interview.2:49 -- Brian's "origin story." He founded a startup that sold cars online in the dot com era (CarOrder) based out of Austin TX. He later worked at McKinsey & Co. From there he moved to Diligent as CEO.6:17 -- The history, mission and current focus of Diligent Corporation. "The role of governance oversight has become much more of an exercise in risk management."11:48 -- About

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00:59:38

Joyce Cacho: "ESG Provides An Opportunity To Do Some...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/10/09

0:00 -- Intro.1:10 -- About new podcast sponsor American College of Governance Counsel.2:28 -- Start of interview.3:17 -- Joyce's "origin story" 5:22 -- Joyce's academic focus and executive career before joining boards of directors.8:12 -- On her board journey. "It began with non-profit board work." On serving in different types of boards. "They all offered an opportunity to collaborate with board colleagues, very smart people - learning from them, with a clear focus on growth of the institutions

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00:53:38

Suzanne Brown: The NYSE Board Diversity Initiative.

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/09/26

0:00 -- Intro.1:43 -- Start of interview.2:11 -- Suzanne's "origin story" "One of my proudest jobs was working with the NJ Pandemic Relief Fund"14:12 -- Joining the NYSE Board Diversity Initiative. *reference to Chief ("the only private membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders")15:22 -- Three key NYSE ESG Initiatives:The NYSE Sustainability Advisory Council (tackling the "E" in ESG)The NYSE/Syndio collaboration (tackling the "S" in ESG)The NYSE Advisory Board

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00:51:08

Victor Arias: "Boards Are Looking For Strong Core...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/09/18

0:00 -- Intro.2:02 -- Start of interview.3:02 -- Victor's "origin story" 5:30 -- Joining Stanford University's Board of Trustees, and later the board of Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI).9:06 -- His current position as Managing Director and Practice Leader, Consumer and Retail at Diversified Search Group, working primarily in the Board of Directors practice. He is the leader of the firm’s Dallas-Fort Worth office.9:53 -- Differences between executive and board searches. "We find people for

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01:10:45

HBO’s Succession with Sean Berkowitz and Kate O’Leary...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/09/11

0:00 -- Intro. *reference to our episodes reviewing Succession Season 1: E98 of this podcast (May 22, 2023) and Season 2: E102 (June 26, 2023).2:00 -- Start of interview. 3:50 -- About Sean Berkowitz and the Enron Case: prosecuting Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling (2006).7:05 -- On whistleblowers and avoiding retaliation. "Whistleblowers are one of the trickiest things you can deal with as counsel representing a corporation."11:05 -- Kendall's whistleblower scenario. Conducting internal

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01:01:21

Heidi Roizen: On Startup Governance and The Startup...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/09/05

0:00 -- Intro.1:35 -- Start of interview. *Link to our first episode: E6 from June 2020.2:18 -- On the origin story of her new podcast: The Startup Solution with Heidi Roizen. 4:23 -- The Case of the Boardroom Blow-Up. How entrepreneurs should go from 'pitching' to 'partnering' with their investors. "Entrepreneurs get stuck in pitch mode." On terms "happy ears" and "jazz handy." On the golden rule of the boardroom: no surprises. "A board meeting should be a working meeting, it should not be a

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01:02:01

David Larcker and Brian Tayan on "The Art and...

Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein ·

2023/08/28

0:00 -- Intro.1:38 -- Start of interview.2:26 -- On the origin story of their latest book: "The Art and Practice of Corporate Governance." 7:32 -- About the Boeing 737Max case. The cultural shift. "Safety was just a given."12:29 -- About Netflix's "Radical Transparency in the Boardroom." Reference to their 2010 case study "Equity on Demand, the Netflix Approach to Compensation." 18:37 -- On the question of CEOs moving up to the Chairman position, (the role of Executive Chairman).22:39 -- On the

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