Venture Leadership Quarterly

Welcome to the September 2008 edition of Venture Leadership Quarterly – an e-newsletter for the venture capital community with insights from and updates from Nosal Partners LLC – the Executive Leadership Solutions™ firm.

Portfolio Leadership Requirements Are Changing in New Venture Capital Environment

Investors are becoming much more hesitant to take technology and other cutting-edge companies to the stock market. The liquidity strategies of venture capital companies are changing, creating new pressures on the leadership of their portfolio companies. Louis La Rocca leads Nosal Partners’ Emerging Growth Companies Practice and Susan Oliver is a partner in the Global Life Sciences Practice. They talk about how the changing venture capital marketplace has forced investors to rethink their priorities when selecting leaders. Read the article.

Recent News from Nosal Partners’ Emerging Growth Company Practice

A Few of Our Current and Recent Assignments for Clients Backed by Notable VCs

  • President & Chief Executive Officer for information technology services company
  • Chief Financial Officer for identity security systems company
  • Chief Financial Officer for wireless software company
  • Chief Marketing Officer for messaging services provider
  • Chief Operating Officer for nanomaterials company
  • Vice President, Development for SaaS company
  • Vice President, Marketing for broadband-based video game delivery solutions company

For more information about the searches listed above or about Nosal Partners’ Emerging Growth Company Practice, please contact Louis La Rocca at (415) 369-2208 or at louis.larocca@nosalpartners.com.

Click here to read about some of Nosal Partners' current assignments.

 
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