A new California law mandates that all public companies headquartered in the state must have at least one female board member by the end of 2019.
signed in September 2018 that required all publicly traded companies headquartered in the state to have at least one woman on the board by the end of 2019.
"I definitely think the tide is turning but none of us would say it's as fast as we want it to be," Gordon said."If you as a founder don't have a deep network outside your investors, then you can leverage tools like theBoardlist that allow you to reach into other networks to find diverse candidates that meet your needs."
Singh Cassidy started theBoardlist in 2015 to help prove that it wasn't for lack of talent or the supposed pipeline problem that women weren't getting a seat at the board table. The network acts similarly towhere members can search for candidates or list themselves as possible board candidates with specific areas of expertise.
"Be willing to look at leaders with the right experience even if they are not a CEO; the key is that they have relevant expertise to you in an area that is critical to your business," Singh Cassidy told Business Insider via email."Set a mandate for the % of diverse candidates you expect to see in the pipeline; it doesn't just 'happen' naturally and needs to be a deliberate choice going in if you want a diverse board as the outcome.
Here are six of the top female executives from theBoardlist and what they could add to a startup's board:
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