{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62ee92f069245300142d0a91/699c9cf1e58ea9113833b122?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Solai Valliappan learned to love being a board chair","description":"<p>Today on the Take On Board podcast, I'm speaking with Solai Valliappan about learning how to be a board chair.</p><p><br></p><p>Solai is a Sydney-based technology investor, advisor, and board director. Starting her career as an Actuary, she transitioned into the startup world 10 years ago. She has been leveraging her finance expertise to advise family offices, venture capital firms, accelerators, and startups across Australia, including investing as an angel investor.</p><p><br></p><p>She discusses the importance of structure, feedback, and clear boundaries between governance and operations, especially within small organizations and not-for-profits. Solai emphasizes learning on the job, drawing on resources like podcasts and peer feedback, and encourages others to take on new challenges in board leadership.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links and Resources</strong></p><p><a href=\"\thttps://www.linkedin.com/in/solai-valliappan/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Solai on LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href=\"https://substack.com/@solaivalliappan \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Solai's Substack</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@solai_tech\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Solai's YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Upcoming TOB Events</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://helgasvendsen.com.au/community/events/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>All events</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>You might want to:</strong></p><p>Join the <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/TakeOnBoard/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Take on Board Facebook community</a></p><p>Join the<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13955373/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Take on Board LinkedIn community</a></p><p><a href=\"https://mobile.twitter.com/takeonboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow along on Twitter</a></p><p><a href=\"https://helgasvendsen.com.au/work-with-me/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Work with me</a></p><p><a href=\"https://helgasvendsen.com.au/work-with-me/governance/kickstarter/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Join the Take on Board: Kickstarter group program</a></p><p><a href=\"https://helgasvendsen.com.au/work-with-me/governance/accelerator/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Join the Take on Board: Accelerator group program</a></p><p><a href=\"https://helgasvendsen.com.au/about/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Find out more about me</a></p><p><a href=\"https://helgasvendsen.com.au/contact\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Contact me</a></p>","author_name":"Helga Svendsen"}