Caganco, a Texas C corporation, is a business consulting organization specializing primarily in privately held high-technology companies. Dennis Cagan has been in the high technology industry as an active and successful entrepreneur since 1983, having founded or co-founded over two dozen different companies. Dennis has been a professional board member (67 boards), C-level executive, mentor, consultant and investor since 1968. Based in Dallas, Texas Dennis' activities now center on C-level corporate management, mentoring early-stage technology start-ups and company turnarounds. His activities encompass both public and private companies. The dynamics of forming a board of directors for a family-owned or private company are complex, and owners often lack the background to understand or appreciate the uses, risks, and benefits of a fiduciary board of directors or an advisory board. Getting started can be about company and family strategy, long-term objectives, succession and governance goals, exit strategy (if any), and of course recruiting the right people and balancing their skills. Many of today’s most dynamic and larger family businesses, and a wide variety of other privately-owned companies have instituted fiduciary boards of directors, or are seriously considering doing so. There has never been more interest in the discipline, strategic value and governance benefits of a corporate board comprised of highly qualified independent directors along with family members and other owners. Forming a board involves numerous considerations, including the risks and benefits, how to form it, and what to do with it after it’s formed. Caganco has over three decades of experience in helping dozens of private companies understand their unique requirements for a board, and assisting them in identifying and recruiting world-class independent directors.