This broadly oversells their similarities. Not only is the analogy questionable with board members, but it also carries the implication that they are essential

This broadly oversells their similarities. Not only is the analogy questionable with board members, but it also carries the implication that they are essentially the same sorts of organizations. They are not. If you really want to carry this analogy out further, you probably need to expand it so one is a traditional startup and the other a charitable non-profit, or something of the sort. Even if you did have the same people in charge (which again, questionably applicable here), the goals, transparency, and measures of success vary so wildly that I'm not sure it means that much.