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Series Seed Documents–With an Assist From Andreessen Horowitz–To Help Entrepreneurs With Legal Hairballs

in News on March 1, 2010 at 9:03 am PT

Series Seed Documents, templated term sheets for entrepreneurs to use for seed-stage deals, will be launched today, part of an effort by Silicon Valley lawyer Ted Wang and pushed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The point: So new entrepreneurs don’t waste time and money negotiating often unnecessarily complex term sheets.

The Start-Up Whisperer: Michael Dearing Is the Hottest Angel Investor You've Never Heard Of

in News on February 16, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

While you might have heard of the acquisitions of Aardvark and AdMob by Google, Xoopit by Yahoo and Mixer Labs by Twitter, you might not have heard about the quiet angel investor they all have in common. And even in the loud echo chamber of Silicon Valley, Harrison Metal’s Michael Dearing likes it that way.

Meet the VC: Hummer Winblad's Mitchell Kertzman

in News on April 3, 2008 at 4:49 am PT

We have been remiss in posting our meet-the-VCs-of-Silicon-Valley-if-you-dare video feature, what with all the Yahoo goings-on to keep track of. But we are back with another riveting episode, with guest star Mitchell Kertzman of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. A longtime tech exec, Kertzman is one of the funniest players in the tech sector, and was [...]