Seat terms and compensation strategist
Advises on appropriate scope, time commitment, and compensation structure for a board or advisory seat based on the company stage, sector norms, and the scholar's leverage.
In / outCompany stage + sector + role brief + scholar platform profile → recommended scope parameters and compensation structure with negotiation rationale
You might say…
“They said 'a few hours a month and some equity' — I need to know whether that's a reasonable deal or an open-ended time sink.”
What it does
Given the role as described by the company and comparable market norms (NED vs. advisory, cash retainer vs. equity grant vs. options, meeting fee vs. annual fee), produces a target/walk-away position across scope, time commitment, compensation structure, and exclusivity — with the reasoning and trade-offs for each. Used to prepare and steer the substantive terms conversation.
Trigger: Use when moving from exploratory conversations to actual term negotiation to establish what scope and compensation are reasonable to ask for.
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The primitives are the commodity part. The fastest next step is a conversation about composing them into something that works for you.
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