Updates & Advice
Updates & Advice
Updates & Advice
Dealing With Stress in a High-Stress Environment
From the recent entries detailing my habits and routines on my blog, the running theme in all those personal playbook pieces is maintaining balance and making all the pieces of a busy life fit together. A big piece of that puzzle is mental health and stress...
How Can We Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital?
How can we encourage more women into careers in Venture Capital? In 2019, women comprised just 13% and 15% of partners in U.S. and Canadian VC firms, respectively Companies with over 30% women on leadership teams tend to outperform companies with fewer women in...
Amplifying Women’s Voices on Passing the Mic: The VC Exchange
If you’ve been following along with my content for a while or you’re familiar with my investment thesis, you know of my commitment as an ally for women in venture capital. The world of venture capital has historically been male-dominated, but that landscape...
The Impact of Mentorship on Personal and Professional Development
I often talk about the importance of making time for what’s important to you, and mentorship is high on that list for me. I genuinely enjoy passing on knowledge and sharing what I’ve learned in my lifetime to help students, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and aspiring venture...
Routine That’s Not Routine: A Week in the Life of Neal
In my last blog, I talked about making time for what’s important to you. The short version is that if something matters to you and helps you be your best, it’s easier to balance multiple priorities and areas of your life—work, family and friends, mentoring, other...
Life Tips: Making Time for What’s Important to You
Balancing work, time with family and friends, travelling, and staying healthy is a big job for anyone, including myself. But somehow, I make time for it all and then some—squeezing in things like teaching and mentoring somewhere in between too. People often ask me how...
Framing Your Unique Value Proposition
In my 30+ years of investment experience, I’ve worked with countless CEOs, founders, and other investors; I’ve seen unfortunate failures, wild successes, and everything in between. I’m often asked about my path to becoming a venture capitalist and what a blueprint for...
The Tech Bubble Burst: What That Means for VC
Remember the dot-com bubble burst? When the internet was starting to take off from around 1995 to about 2001, everyone wanted a piece of this shiny new thing. Internet-related tech companies attracted massive amounts of attention from venture capitalists and...
Congratulations to My Good Friend, Jim Pugh
Two decades ago, visionary and Founding Donor—my good friend, Jim Pugh—set out to build one of the greatest performing arts centers in the world: Dr. Phillips Center. Dr. Phillips Center is a world-class hub for all of the best international, national, and local...
Speakers From CEO and Board Leadership Class 2022: Part Two
Part One talked about the first half of the 13 speakers we had in this year’s CEO Board Governance class, and here’s the second set. All were equally fabulous and provided invaluable lessons to the students. Having such engaging speakers makes for highly interested...