Breaking Down a Venture Capital Term Sheet

Once you have decided to raise money from third-party investors, the next step is typically to prepare a term sheet summarizing the terms on which your company will issue equity to such investors. The content of the term sheet will be driven by the type of security...

Choosing Your Investors

Once you have decided to take on third-party investments to help fund your startup, you then need to decide what kind of investors, and then specifically which investors you want to accept funding from. Often founders do not give this piece enough thought. The makeup...