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Term Sheet Series Wrap Up

Jason and I hope you enjoyed reading our term sheet series at least as much as we enjoyed writing it. While we won’t be competing with our friend Jack Bauer for any drama awards (I tried to make it 24 posts, but could only get to 20), we’ve tried to take a balanced and pragmatic approach to explaining the mysterious “VC term sheet.” Remember – we’re not lawyers (ok – Jason is) and this isn’t legal advice so you should not rely on it for anything, yada yada standard disclaimers follow. In other words, use at your own risk.

For ease of reference, following are the various sections (linked to their corresponding post) that we covered.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for things we missed, email me anytime. We have had numerous requests for republishing this content – if you are interested, please contact me. We’re usually happy to oblige – we just want to make sure we know about it. Until next season …

August 23rd, 2005 Categories: Term Sheet

http://furrier.typepad.com John Furrier

Brad,
This term sheet series is a great example of how blogs can really work and add value for all. No doubt the series will change the lives of all entrepreneurs who read it. I just wish that this kind of information was available when I was in business school and when I did my first venture. Just another example of real value from what blogs are all about that needs to be recognized. Kudos.
http://www.genuinevc.com/archives/2005/08/a_vc_wiki_solut.htm Genuine VC

A VC Wiki Solution?

Yesterday Jeff Nolan raised the idea of creating a VC wiki as a central repository for all of the valuable content created by venture bloggers as of late (spurred on by Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson’s Term Sheet Series). I asked the same question in a …
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Web 2.0 This Week

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August 21 – 27
I spent most of this week in Palo Alto working on Archimedes Ventures projects. I was able to post about most of the companies I met at Bar Camp (with one notable exception, which is to come). Lots of interesting Web …
http://drakeview.typepad.com/pm_pd/2005/08/terms_of_endear.html Drakeview

Terms of endearment

For the better part of the year, Brad Feld, Managing Director at Mobius Venture Capital and general counsel Jason Mendelson have been working up their guide to Term Sheets – the contract between entrepreneurs/businesses and professional investors. As o…
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Can anybody help. I am currently advising a company to conduct a phased acquisition in a target. The first round of equity purchase is happening through new money being put in. Subsequently, the shares of the existing promoter are brought out and my client owns 100%.

Can somebody help me with a typical term sheet to help me document appropriately
Doug Dulley

Is a term sheet with a lender, signed by both parties, a binding document?

http://intensedebate.com/people/bfeld Brad Feld

Very rarely. Most of the time the term sheet explicitly says that it is NOT binding.

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http://intensedebate.com/people/RichardShatto RichardShatto

Hey Jason and Brad,
What a great way to get an MBA in Investing. And, though this was posted close to 5 years ago, it's as relevant today as it was then. It's going to be very helpful for the coming project negotiations. Thanks for this.
Richard http://pointnexus.ca
P.S. We'll be in touch.
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