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?? Exciting Volunteer Opportunities Open with the Launch of PMOGA Regional Hubs! Apply now! We’re thrilled to announce new, impactful volunteer roles as we launch PMOGA Regional Hubs! PMOGA, PMI’s community for PMOs and PMO professionals, now offers even more ways for PMI members to step up, get involved, and lead. Through the new PMOGA Regional Hubs, you have the unique opportunity to take on leadership roles that will help shape the future of the PMO community in your region. Working in close collaboration with our PMI chapters, PMOGA Regional Hubs serve eight key regions—Africa, Asia Pacific, China, Europe, Latin America, MENA (Middle East & North Africa), North America, and South Asia. These hubs report directly to the PMOGA global team, enabling leaders to focus on regional needs and enhance the value and effectiveness of PMOs in their areas. Our Regional Hubs are hosted on the PMOGA Online Community Platform, where anyone can join and actively participate: https://lnkd.in/dHjxYta8. Unlike PMI chapters, PMOGA Regional Hub leaders aren’t elected but are selected from candidates who apply through the Volunteer Engagement Platform (VEP) at PMI.org. The initial eight PMOGA Regional Hub leaders have recently been selected, and we’re now entering the second phase: recruiting additional leadership team members for each hub. These new volunteers will be led by these recently appointed regional leaders, with discussions and collaboration taking place in the hub spaces on our online community. Each Regional Hub currently offers five distinct leadership roles to complete the leadership team under our newly appointed regional hub leaders: 1. Online Experience Lead 2. Communications Lead 3. Community Engagement Lead 4. Knowledge and Learning Lead 5. Community Outreach Lead Choose the position that best aligns with your interests and skills and apply! Click the opportunities below and you’ll find more information about each position. When applying, you will be requested to indicate your region of interest. Please note: You must be logged in on PMI.org to access the links below. ? https://lnkd.in/diq4kcKX ? https://lnkd.in/d2RQTb4e ? https://lnkd.in/dMvYnh-u ? https://lnkd.in/dCiXRx8v ? https://lnkd.in/dJikhuY7 This is a unique, first-time opportunity within PMI to make a meaningful impact in your region’s PMO community. Apply today through the links above on the PMI Volunteers Engagement Platform and become part of this exciting journey to build a dynamic, supportive PMO network in your region! Let’s make a lasting impact together! Shanelle Bautista

David Utrilla is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?

Here's what I wish I'd said about AI. On Tuesday, I was on a panel for the Utah AI Summit. Moderated by the amazing Cyd Tetro, she gave me the last question: What gaps exist in AI education? As is so often the case, I later thought about the answer I wish I'd given. I wish I'd said that the biggest gap I see is a "values gap." I'm a techno-optimist. I believe AI can improve society -- but I want to make sure it improves society for everyone, not just the upper crust. On a scale of 1 to 10, most people reading this are probably at a 9.1.?You're educated, healthy and well fed.?You likely own a laptop, and you have more than one pair of shoes. I believe with ingenuity, effort and investment, we can use AI to move the needle and improve your life, and that your 9.1 could get up to a 9.2 or even a 9.3. But what about people who's lives are a 3??With that same ingenuity, effort and investment, could we move them to a 7??Or even an 8? What about our prison populations, or our homeless??What about single moms and orphans, people with special needs, or the illiterate? Are we going to choose to use AI to improve their lives, too??Are we even thinking about that? As we exuberantly rush into an AI-fueled future, I hope we can close the values gap. We don't just have to use AI to make the world as it stands a little bit better -- I think we can use AI to radically rethink society.?We could expand access to healthcare, not just improve it.?We could expand access to education, not just improve it. Let's make sure our values include everyone. There's no predetermined future for AI -- we get to choose where it leads us.?So let's choose to bless everyone.?AI isn't just for the rich -- let's choose to use AI to lift all of God's children, including the poor, the desperate, the unlucky, the needy and more. That's what I wish I'd said.

Tricky subject - how long should founder vesting schedules be? Let's start with the easy point: yes, ?????????? ?????????????? ?????????? ???? ???????? ?? ?????????????? ????????????????. It's very common for a founding team to split up at some point along the way in the first few years. If that departing founder walks away with a significant ownership stake (aka "dead equity") it will make future fundraising much more difficult, full stop. So how long should this founder vesting schedule be? Right now, a large majority of founders vest along a similar timeline to employees (4 year vest, though many founders do not have the 1-year cliff). There has been some movement towards 6-year vesting for founders though the shift has been fairly minor. If we overlay the vesting schedules against some data on time from incorporation to various fundraising stages, the potential issue becomes clear. 4 years into the company's life = a little beyond Series A, on median. Many companies will still be raising seed funding 4 years into the journey. Does it make sense for the founders to be fully vested when there's so much left to build? For many investors, the answer is no and they will insist on re-vesting founder equity (sometimes all, sometimes just in part) as a prerequisite to completing the round. This re-vesting is usually for another 4 years. ?????????? ???????????????????????????? ? The analogy to an employee isn't a great one for founders. Yes, if an employee stays 4 years they should get their full allotment of equity (you could make a case for longer periods here too). Often a company will re-incentivize great employees with a new grant at 3 years in order to maintain the retentive quality of equity. ?? ? Common objection from founders : "How is a departed founders equity any more dead weight than an angel or Seed investor that no longer adds any value?" Just my thinking here, but a) the value from the investor is mostly the capital itself and b) the departed founder often owns a bigger slice of pie. Also the impetus to revest is coming from investors that want you, the founder, to stick around for a long time after they put money in so it's not the same discussion. Not sure I have a perfect right answer, but I tend to think founders should vest over longer periods upfront. Open to pushback! #startups #founders #foundervesting #venturecapital More data on startups and the people who found them every Thursday morning in our Data Minute newsletter - subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/gNa_Dk-F