Venture Leadership Quarterly

Welcome to the March 2007 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.

David Nosal on CEO Succession Planning Best Practices
Leading executive recruiter David Nosal discusses CEO succession planning and how Boards can take a more proactive and holistic approach to determining talent requirements for the top spot within an organization. Watch the video. (6:52 minutes)

Nosal Partners Forges Global Strategic Alliance with Alexander Hughes and the Strategic Executive Search Group
In January, Nosal Partners, Alexander Hughes and the Strategic Executive Search (SES) Group announced a global strategic alliance. Under the agreement, the three firms will partner to deliver executive search services throughout North America, Europe and Asia.
Read the full press release .

Recent News from Nosal Partners’ Emerging Growth Company Practice

• Nosal Partners LLC Places Chief Executive Officer for Vidient, Inc.
• Nosal Partners LLC Places Chairman of Advisory Board for BigFix, Inc.
• Dan Grosh to Speak at StartUp Epicenter Workshop on March 28, 2007
• Dan Grosh to Moderate SVASE “Startup-U: Hiring the Best” Panel on April 12, 2007
• John W. Morrow Appointed Client Partner Nosal Partners LLC

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

• Chief Executive Officer for an online staffing marketplace
• Chief Operating Officer for a mobile applications provider
• Product Marketing Leader for an office productivity, information management, and consumer and enterprise software company
• Vice President, Marketing for a mobile applications provider
• Vice President, Marketing Solutions for a customer relationship management, marketing and sales software company
• Vice President, Product Engineering for a messaging, conferencing and communications software company

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