Booster Masterclass: Forming Boards

Diving into corporate governance, this masterclass is designed around developing a founder’s understanding of their fiduciary obligations.

Topics include how to balance obligations to management, boards and shareholders, the duties and of directors and how to ensure you have enough bandwidth to keep your mind on the business.

We will also discuss the difference between a board of directors and an advisory board and how to effectively operate them.

There will be a time for Q&A and networking over drinks.

• Book a hot desk at the Launch Pad co-working space for the day and attend the masterclass in the evening.
• All startups who attend this event can apply for a trial Launch Pad membership - find out more at the event.

• Speaker: Jamie Pride, Entrepreneur in Residence, Western Sydney University Launch Pad
• Venue: Launch Pad, Level 1, 6 Hassall, Parramatta
• Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
• Date: 24 September 2024

Jamie is a Partner at Humanly Agile, an organisational design and change management consultancy that helps clients discover better ways of working and harness the power of their people.

He has over 27 years of experience in business transformation and is highly passionate about the future of work. His areas of expertise include organisational design, enterprise agility, people strategy & employee experience.

Jamie is a Scaled Agile Program Consultant (SPC) and a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner. Jamie also serves as a Non-Executive Director on the board of CHOICE. As well as being Chief Entrepreneur In Residence at Western Sydney University, Jamie is also the author of Unicorn Tears: Why Startups Fail & How To Avoid It - one of Australia's most popular business books on startups.

Host or Publisher Launch Pad, Western Sydney University