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 …

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9 Comments on “Term Sheet Series Wrap Up”

  • John Furrier August 25th, 2005 10:13 am

    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.

  • Genuine VC August 25th, 2005 2:56 pm

    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 …

  • TechCrunch August 29th, 2005 12:06 am

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  • Drakeview August 29th, 2005 11:23 am

    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…

  • sa August 23rd, 2006 1:34 am

    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 August 25th, 2009 12:22 am

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

  • Brad Feld August 25th, 2009 3:36 am

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

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