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What to look for in a term sheet as a first-time founder



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Securing funding is a stressful endeavor, but it doesn’t have to be. We recently sat down with three VCs to figure out the best way to go about spinning up an investing network from scratch and negotiating the first term sheet.
Earlier this week, we featured the first part of that conversation with James Norman of Black Operator Ventures, Mandela Schumacher-Hodge Dixon of AllRaise and Kevin Liu of both Techstars and Uncharted Ventures.
In part two, the investors cover more specifics about what to ask for in a term sheet and red flags you should look out for.
(Editor’s note: This interview has been edited lightly for length and clarity.)

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