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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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Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Joins Andreessen Horowitz as Special Advisor

Ben's Blog

test scores and graduation rates were among the lowest in the country, he introduced legislation to vest mayoral control of public schools. To answer this question, it’s helpful to understand more about his tenure as mayor in D.C. On his very first day in office, at a time when D.C. history and unparalleled nationwide.

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Lessons Learned: Employees should be masters of their own time

Startup Lessons Learned

Teamwork and a vested interest in success of the whole group is crucial. The military teaches a similar concept from day one, but approaches it slightly differently, something along the lines of, "If one of us fails, we ALL fail." Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Former DC Mayor Adrian Fenty Joins Andreessen Horowitz as Special Advisor

Ben's Blog

test scores and graduation rates were among the lowest in the country, he introduced legislation to vest mayoral control of public schools. To answer this question, it''s helpful to understand more about his tenure as mayor in D.C. On his very first day in office, at a time when D.C. history and unparalleled nationwide.

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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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Founder's Dilemmas: Equity Splits

www.startuplessonslearned.com

In my dataset, half of the teams had neglected to include any dynamic elements (vesting, buyout terms, and the like) in their equity agreements, sentencing themselves to the same risks faced by the Zipcar and govWorks.com teams. Open Innovation in DC. How should founders deal with such developments? .” ► August. (2).

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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?&# post response here or email me at johngalt@jubii.co.uk.