Have you recently retired from a bank or a consultancy? Have you just cashed out as an entrepreneur? Are you an operator within a scale-up and keep getting approached by small startup founders to join their advisory board? or the board?

Here are some tips for first time advisor or a board member.  

There are many acccelerators in the startup ecosystem and some are founder friendly and some are not. Generally they give you resources and take some discounted equity from you in exchange for a small amount of funding. Most of them are not worth your time but some could change the game. 

Tune in to find out more about how to tell diamond from dirt. Association with these accelerators as a mentor have pro's and con's - see if they chime with your values.