Entrepreneur Founder Seed Capital Term Sheet 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2012
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an Angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from an angel, either.
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Gust
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Remember a term sheet agreement is not a deal until the check clears. Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either.
Feld Thoughts
OCTOBER 15, 2013
Provide some sort of seed capital to their founders. Take a small amount of equity (usually ~6%) and overall have terms that are favorable to entrepreneurs. Have a strong management team who are typically proven entrepreneurs. Take no less than 5 and no more than 12 companies at a time.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
The most successful serial entrepreneurs in the world may found three or four, perhaps even eight or ten venture-backed startups over the course of their careers. It should therefore come as no surprise that an asymmetry of information exists, mostly gleaned from experience, between founders and investors in a venture financing deal.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. This will almost always be the best approach to an investor.
Business Plan Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
Raising Seed Capital. Most startup founders do not have enough capital to launch their companies and need to raise money at some point. FFF investing is not a short-term play and mostly investors do not get a return on their investment immediately. 2) Giving equity in the company. 3) Giving non-voting stock.
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