Linda Jenkinson, chairman and chief executive officer of luxury personal services, LesConcierges (LC), hung up after checking her voice mail in July 2007. She had just received a message from Randy Haykin, angel investor and board member who participated in a series C round Jenkinson, which recently raised. After the initial "honeymoon", she began Haykin disagreement on domestic issues, most recently on whether to hire interim CFO while the company took time to DC candidate. Jenkinson began to doubt Chaikin was the best choice for the board, and if there was anything she could do to work with it more effectively. Unbeknownst Jenkinson, Chaikin was simultaneously considering its investment in LesConcierges would be a "home run", which he originally intended. He also questioned how it could help solve the problems facing the CEO, without damaging their relationship in the process. "Hide
by John Glynn, Bethany Coates Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 15 pages. Publication Date: December 12, 2007. Prod. #: E280-PDF-ENG
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