http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-48198 Roy Firestein » Seed Funding – Some New Considerations Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:17:35 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-48198 [...] The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet [...] [...] The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-48190 » Seed Funding – Some New Considerations | StartupNorth Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:00:30 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-48190 [...] The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet [...] [...] The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-48116 ikelmart Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:31:21 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-48116 [...] US market alone, it’s not really a standard yet. There is a great blog entry about this subject here. Each of the examples below would require more or less legal advisor to help [...] [...] US market alone, it’s not really a standard yet. There is a great blog entry about this subject here. Each of the examples below would require more or less legal advisor to help [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-23567 New push for standard finance docs | Solid Startups Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:44:01 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-23567 [...] New push for standard finance docs 2010 March 2 tags: Brad Feld by Joseph Logan tweetmeme_url = 'http://solidstartups.com/2010/03/02/new-push-for-standard-finance-docs/';tweetmeme_source = 'josephlogan';As always, Brad Feld is contributing his efforts to a worthy endeavor, this time standardized seed financing documents: Many smart and capable people have either worked on these various docs on signed on as supporters.  However, until there is one standardized set of documents that everyone – especially the various law firms agree on – I don’t expect there to really be a standardized set of seed financing documents.  I wrote about this in my post The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet. [...] [...] New push for standard finance docs 2010 March 2 tags: Brad Feld by Joseph Logan tweetmeme_url = 'http://solidstartups.com/2010/03/02/new-push-for-standard-finance-docs/';tweetmeme_source = 'josephlogan';As always, Brad Feld is contributing his efforts to a worthy endeavor, this time standardized seed financing documents: Many smart and capable people have either worked on these various docs on signed on as supporters.  However, until there is one standardized set of documents that everyone – especially the various law firms agree on – I don’t expect there to really be a standardized set of seed financing documents.  I wrote about this in my post The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet. [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-32499 replcia handbags Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:55:43 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-32499 Such a good article, caught my sympathy! Such a good article, caught my sympathy!

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-23450 The Proliferation of Standardized Seed Financing Documents Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:24:07 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-23450 [...] Many smart and capable people have either worked on these various docs on signed on as supporters.  However, until there is one standardized set of documents that everyone – especially the various law firms agree on – I don’t expect there to really be a standardized set of seed financing documents.  I wrote about this in my post The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet. [...] [...] Many smart and capable people have either worked on these various docs on signed on as supporters.  However, until there is one standardized set of documents that everyone – especially the various law firms agree on – I don’t expect there to really be a standardized set of seed financing documents.  I wrote about this in my post The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet. [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-23445 The Proliferation of Standardized Seed Financing Documents Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:16:01 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-23445 [...] Many smart and capable people have either worked on these various docs on signed on as supporters.  However, until there is one standardized set of documents that everyone – especially the various law firms agree on – I don’t expect there to really be a standardized set of seed financing documents.  I wrote about this in my post The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet. [...] [...] Many smart and capable people have either worked on these various docs on signed on as supporters.  However, until there is one standardized set of documents that everyone – especially the various law firms agree on – I don’t expect there to really be a standardized set of seed financing documents.  I wrote about this in my post The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet. [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-21886 The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet « Blazer's Blog Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:37:02 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-21886 [...] Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet By Joachim Blazer The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet – Brad [...] [...] Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet By Joachim Blazer The Challenge of The Ideal First Round Term Sheet – Brad [...]

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-15830 Brad Feld Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:39:05 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-15830 Thanks for volunteering.  I actually think a standard “legal” version should be able to work – I think the key is to link the term sheet to a set of underlying docs that everyone agrees is a standard contract.  Then – no changing the underlying docs, except fill in the blanks.  One can dream.<br /> Thanks for volunteering.  I actually think a standard “legal” version should be able to work – I think the key is to link the term sheet to a set of underlying docs that everyone agrees is a standard contract.  Then – no changing the underlying docs, except fill in the blanks.  One can dream.

]]> http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html/comment-page-1#comment-15827 Yokum Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:07:00 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/the-challenge-of-the-ideal-first-round-term-sheet.html#comment-15827 I'm late on commenting, but as the author of the TheFunded Founder Institute term sheet, I'd volunteer as the WSGR rep to be locked in a room with folks from other firms. I'm not sure if creating "NVCA"-lite documents is the answer. It may require a completely different approach to these concepts -- such as creating the Creative Commons-style human readable version of a term sheet with standard legalese that corresponds to the human readable version. Just talking out loud ... I'm late on commenting, but as the author of the TheFunded Founder Institute term sheet, I'd volunteer as the WSGR rep to be locked in a room with folks from other firms. I'm not sure if creating "NVCA"-lite documents is the answer. It may require a completely different approach to these concepts — such as creating the Creative Commons-style human readable version of a term sheet with standard legalese that corresponds to the human readable version. Just talking out loud …

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