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Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Joins Andreessen Horowitz as Special Advisor

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Margit Wennmachers, partner at Andreessen Horowitz. test scores and graduation rates were among the lowest in the country, he introduced legislation to vest mayoral control of public schools. Today we broaden our firm’s expertise with the appointment of our second special advisor, Adrian Fenty.

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Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

The press release lays out Joe Zhu’s business accomplishments, but we at the magazine have seen firsthand Joe Zhu’s work behind the scenes helping struggling startups with advice and counsel on both business strategy and funding, even when he has no vested interest.

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Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Joins Andreessen Horowitz as Special Advisor

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Margit Wennmachers, partner at Andreessen Horowitz. test scores and graduation rates were among the lowest in the country, he introduced legislation to vest mayoral control of public schools. Today we broaden our firm’s expertise with the appointment of our second special advisor, Adrian Fenty.

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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

www.startuplessonslearned.com

For instance, when Robin Chase and her partner, Antje, founded the car-sharing startup Zipcar, they agreed with a quick handshake to split the equity 50–50. Robin wondered when her partner would be able to become more involved, but, in the end, Antje never joined full-time. How should founders deal with such developments?

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New Plain Preferred Term Sheet

www.founderinstitute.com

You can contact Adam J.August at 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700 | McLean, Virginia 22102 Phone 703.720.8059 | Fax 703.720.8610 adam.august@hklaw.com | www.hklaw.com Affinity Lab is an entrepreneurial launch platform serving a rich community of Washington DC businesses, non-profits and start-ups. This is a downside protection term.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

venturehacks.com

Third, if you sell the company before the Series B, all un-issued and un-vested options will be cancelled. Reply # DC · Jun 25, 2007 OK…saw the chart on “How do you create an option pool from a hiring plan?&# Typical disclaimers about legal advice apply to this comment.