We’ve had many conversations with small-business owners, entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs about when to establish a Board of Directors. If they believe they would benefit from a board, the next questions are: how do you establish a board and how do you run and maintain a board once it is in place. We’ve developed a four-step approach to help small business owners and entrepreneurs develop effective and value-creating boards (1. Assessing, 2. Organizing, 3. Building, 4. Maintaining). In this blog, we’ll address the first two steps…Assessing and Organizing. Next week, we’ll address the second two steps…Building and Maintaining…stay tuned! Step …