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人脉网络型组织
已验证 September 2026 Forbes Councils
Owners, founders, partners and senior executives who want a bylined publishing platform on Forbes.com alongside a vetted online peer network
人脉网络型组织
theBoardlist
Women executives seeking private and public company board seats, and the chief executives, investors and boards searching for candidates
记录所示内容
- Role or title: Forbes Councils: Owner, founder, partner, C-level executive, or vice president and above leading a region or division, in the council's field; theBoardlist: No published role or title.
- Minimum company revenue: Forbes Councils: "Your business generates a minimum of $1M USD in revenue"; theBoardlist: No published minimum company revenue.
- Minimum capital raised: Forbes Councils: "Your business has received a minimum of $1M USD in financing"; theBoardlist: No published minimum capital raised.
- Gender: Forbes Councils: No published gender; theBoardlist: The candidate pool was for women; theBoardlist described itself as connecting "highly qualified women across industries with private and public board opportunities".
- Annual dues: Forbes Councils: Not publicly disclosed. The Business Council page confirms this is "a fee-based professional organization" offering "1-year and 2-year membership payment plans", and the membership agreement refers to "the then-current membership fee for each year of the Term", but no amount is published. Figures quoted on affiliate and agency blogs could not be independently verified.; theBoardlist: Not publicly disclosed.
并排对比
| Forbes Councils | theBoardlist | |
|---|---|---|
| 档案 | ||
| 类型 | Networking organization | Networking organization |
| 成立于 | Not documented | 2015 (Launched on 15 July 2015 as the first initiative of the #ChoosePossibility Project, founded by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, per Wikipedia. theBoardlist's own site carried a "© 2018 theBoardlist" notice.) |
| 总部 | Boston, United States | United States |
| Geographic footprint | Nine online councils with no local chapters; the operator, Community.co, is based in Boston, Massachusetts | An online marketplace, originally focused on the United States technology industry and later broadened across industries |
| 成员 | Not publicly disclosed. Forbes Councils publishes member directories per council but no total. Community.co, which operates Forbes Councils and several sister communities, states "25k+ Members to date" across "50+ Communities", which is not a Forbes Councils figure. | 5,000as of June 2020 |
| 分会 | No chapters; the councils are online communities | No chapters; theBoardlist was a single online platform |
| Primary audience | Owners, founders, partners and senior executives who want a bylined publishing platform on Forbes.com alongside a vetted online peer network | Women executives seeking private and public company board seats, and the chief executives, investors and boards searching for candidates |
| 典型会员 | Members are owners, founders, C-level executives, partners and vice presidents who lead a region or division, drawn from the industry each council covers. The financial test is set at the company level rather than personal wealth: US$500,000 or US$1,000,000 in annual revenue or capital raised, depending on the council. | Senior women executives nominated by chief executives, investors and other business leaders for board service. Candidates did not self-nominate: entry to the talent pool came through peer endorsement by a recommender in theBoardlist's community. |
| Qualification | ||
| 职务或职称 | Owner, founder, partner, C-level executive, or vice president and above leading a region or division, in the council's fieldThe Technology Council specifies "founders, partners, and CEOs of technology companies, C-level technology executives such as CTOs and CIOs, and VPs of technology teams"verified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ | No published role or title |
| 公司最低营收 | "Your business generates a minimum of $1M USD in revenue"Applies to the Agency, Business Development, Communications, Finance, Human Resources and Technology Councilsverified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ | No published minimum company revenue |
| 最低融资规模 | "Your business has received a minimum of $1M USD in financing"Alternative to the revenue test for the senior-level councilsverified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ | No published minimum capital raised |
| 性别 | No published gender | The candidate pool was for women; theBoardlist described itself as connecting "highly qualified women across industries with private and public board opportunities"Recommenders and searching companies were not restricted by genderverified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ |
| 行业限制 | "No MLM/direct sales, gambling, adult entertainment, adult websites, adult products, or cannabis companies are allowed"Certain marketing agencies (link sellers, guaranteed media placements) and some cryptocurrency companies, such as those attached to initial coin offerings, are also excludedverified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ | No published industry restriction |
| Invitation required | No | Yes |
| Sponsor required | No | Yes |
| Application process | Candidates apply online to a specific council. A selection committee reviews the application against the published criteria and, if approved, issues a membership invitation. Payment is taken after acceptance, for a one-year or two-year term. Applications are made in an individual's own name, not a company's, even where an employer pays the fee. | Women entered the candidate pool by being nominated by a recommender from theBoardlist's community of chief executives, investors and senior leaders. Nominated candidates were then encouraged to complete a profile and connect their LinkedIn account so that searching companies could find them. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. Forbes Councils states that applications are vetted by a selection committee and that acceptance is at the company's sole discretion, but publishes no acceptance rate. | Not publicly disclosed as a rate. theBoardlist reported that more than 1,400 executives had nominated more than 2,100 women by November 2017 and that it had influenced more than 100 board placements. |
| 费用 | ||
| 年度会费 | Not publicly disclosed. The Business Council page confirms this is "a fee-based professional organization" offering "1-year and 2-year membership payment plans", and the membership agreement refers to "the then-current membership fee for each year of the Term", but no amount is published. Figures quoted on affiliate and agency blogs could not be independently verified.verified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ | Not publicly disclosed |
| 入会费 | Not publicly disclosed. The membership agreement states a one-time initiation fee, where applicable, is "non-refundable and will not be refunded once paid regardless of termination or cancellation".verified September 2026 · 来源 ↗ | Not publicly disclosed |
| Membership term | One-year or two-year terms, renewing automatically for equal periods | Not documented |
| 结构 | ||
| Meeting frequency | Monthly Expert Panel cycles and private virtual events; no scheduled local meetings | No published meeting programme; theBoardlist listed events but its core function was the online marketplace |
| Peer forums | No facilitated peer forums; members join interest-based and geography-based online groups | No forums |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | Not publicly disclosed |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Virtual, Event-focused | Virtual |
| 保密式同伴论坛 | Partial | No |
| 本地分会 | No | No |
| 虚拟会员资格 | Yes | Yes |
| 在线社区 | Yes | Partial |
| 会员名录 | Yes | Yes |
| 活动 | Yes | Partial |
| 编程 | ||
| 教育培训项目 | Partial | Partial |
| 领导力发展 | Partial | Partial |
| 静修活动 | No | No |
| 出行 | Partial | No |
| 家庭活动项目 | No | No |
| 配偶与伴侣项目 | No | No |
| 新生代专项项目 | No | No |
| 投资议题讨论 | No | No |
| 投资机会 | No | No |
| 慈善公益部分 | No | No |
| 社交网络侧重点 | Medium | Medium |
| 社交导向 | Low | Low |
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