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Many people float in and out of our lives, but there are those rare, very special individuals who remain with us. The kind who show up for you over…
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Contemplating when to onboard a coach for your leadership journey? The question isn't if you should hire a coach, but when. Navigating the corporate…
Contemplating when to onboard a coach for your leadership journey? The question isn't if you should hire a coach, but when. Navigating the corporate…
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🎙️ Dive into the latest episode of #OverboostTalks with host Mike Sullivan, crafted for entrepreneurs and investors who thrive on making strategic…
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Volunteer Experience
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Founder, Chairman
Path Forward.ORG
- Present 8 years 9 months
Economic Empowerment
Path Forward is a nonprofit organization we spun out of Return Path with a mission to empower people to return to the paid workforce after they’ve taken time off to care for family, helping companies provide mid-career internships as on ramps to paid employment.
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Co-founder, President
Million Meal Project
- Present 2 years 3 months
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
The Million Meal Project's mission is to organize community events and fundraisers locally in Westchester County, New York to package and distribute 1mm meals globally in partnership with Rise Against Hunger
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Founder/Leader, COVID-19 Innovation Response Team
State of Colorado
- 1 month
Health
I was tapped by Governor Jared Polis to launch a public/private partnership rapid-response team in the early days of the pandemic. In less than three weeks, we identified our mission, strategy, budget, and six workstreams with 200+ employees and volunteers; secured state and private funding; delivered meaningful results in the areas of PPE manufacturing, lab capacity and sourcing of reagants/test equipment, technology development, and telehealth; and hired a permanent replacement leader.
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Vice Chair, Annual Giving; Executive Committee, Aspire; Executive Committee, Alumni Council; Various other Alumni Fundraising/Leadership Roles
Princeton University
- 30 years
Education
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Co-Founder, President
Elmsford Bulldogs Travel Baseball and Softball
- Present 8 years 6 months
Children
Publications
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Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors
John Wiley & Sons
A comprehensive guide on creating, growing, and leveraging a board of directors written for CEOs, board members, and people seeking board roles.
The first time many founders see the inside of a board room is when they step in to lead their board. But how do boards work? How should they be structured, managed, and leveraged so that startups can grow, avoid pitfalls, and get the best out of their boards? Authors Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani, and Matt Blumberg have collectively served on…A comprehensive guide on creating, growing, and leveraging a board of directors written for CEOs, board members, and people seeking board roles.
The first time many founders see the inside of a board room is when they step in to lead their board. But how do boards work? How should they be structured, managed, and leveraged so that startups can grow, avoid pitfalls, and get the best out of their boards? Authors Brad Feld, Mahendra Ramsinghani, and Matt Blumberg have collectively served on hundreds of startup and scaleup boards over the past 30 years, attended thousands of board meetings, encountered multiple personalities and situations, and seen the good, bad, and ugly of boards.
In Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors, the authors provide seasoned advice and guidance to CEOs, board members, investors, and anyone aspiring to serve on a board. This comprehensive book covers a wide range of topics with relevant tips, tactics, and best practices, including:
Board fundamentals such as the board's purpose, legal characteristics, and roles and functions of board members;
Creating a board including size, composition, roles of VCs and independent directors, what to look for in a director, and how to recruit directors;
Compensating, onboarding, removing directors, and suggestions on building a diverse board;
Preparing for and running board meetings;
The board's role in transactions including selling a company, buying a company, going public, and going out of business;
Advice for independent and aspiring directors.
Startup Boards draws on the authors' experience and includes stories from board members, startup founders, executives, and investors. Any CEO, board member, investor, or executive interested in creating an active, involved, and engaged board should read this book―and keep it handy for reference.Other authorsSee publication -
Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company's Critical Functions and Teams
John Wiley & Sons
One of the greatest challenges for startup teams is scaling because usually there's not a blueprint to follow, people are learning their function as they go, and everyone is wearing multiple hats. There can be lots of trial and error, lots of missteps, and lots of valuable time and money squandered as companies scale. Matt Blumberg and his team understand the scaling challenges―they've been there, and it took them nearly 20 years to scale and achieve a successful exit. Along the way they…
One of the greatest challenges for startup teams is scaling because usually there's not a blueprint to follow, people are learning their function as they go, and everyone is wearing multiple hats. There can be lots of trial and error, lots of missteps, and lots of valuable time and money squandered as companies scale. Matt Blumberg and his team understand the scaling challenges―they've been there, and it took them nearly 20 years to scale and achieve a successful exit. Along the way they learned what worked and what didn’t work, and they share their lessons learned in Startup CXO.
Unlike other business books, Startup CXO is designed to help each functional leader understand how their function scales, what to anticipate as they scale, and what things to avoid. Beyond providing function-specific advice, tools, and tactics, Startup CXO is a resource for each team member to learn about the other functions, understand other functional challenges, and get greater clarity on how to collaborate effectively with the other functional leads.
CEOs, Board members, and investors have a book they can consult to pinpoint areas of weakness and learn how to turn those into strengths. Startup CXO has in-depth chapters covering the nine most common functions in startups: finance, people, marketing, sales, customers, business development, product, operations, and privacy. Each functional section has a "CEO to CEO Advice" summary from Blumberg on what great looks like for that CXO, signs your CXO isn't scaling, and how to engage with your CXO.
Startup CXO is an amazing resource for CEOs but also for functional leaders and professionals at any stage of their career."
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Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business
John Wiley & Sons
You’re only a startup CEO once. Do it well with Startup CEO, a "master class in building a business."
—Dick Costolo, Former CEO, Twitter
Being a startup CEO is a job like no other: it’s difficult, risky, stressful, lonely, and often learned through trial and error. As a startup CEO seeing things for the first time, you’re likely to make mistakes, fail, get things wrong, and feel like you don’t have any control over outcomes.
Author Matt Blumberg has been there, and in Startup…You’re only a startup CEO once. Do it well with Startup CEO, a "master class in building a business."
—Dick Costolo, Former CEO, Twitter
Being a startup CEO is a job like no other: it’s difficult, risky, stressful, lonely, and often learned through trial and error. As a startup CEO seeing things for the first time, you’re likely to make mistakes, fail, get things wrong, and feel like you don’t have any control over outcomes.
Author Matt Blumberg has been there, and in Startup CEO he shares his experience, mistakes, and lessons learned as he guided Return Path from a handful of employees and no revenues to over $100 million in revenues and 500 employees.
Startup CEO is not a memoir of Return Path's 20-year journey but a thoughtful CEO-focused book that provides first-time CEOs with advice, tools, and approaches for the situations that startup CEOs will face.
You'll learn:
How to tell your story to new hires, investors, and customers for greater alignment
How to create a values-based culture for speed and engagement
How to create business and personal operating systems so that you can balance your life and grow your company at the same time
How to develop, lead, and leverage your board of directors for greater impact
How to ensure that your company is bought, not sold, when you exit
Startup CEO is the field guide every CEO needs throughout the growth of their company.
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