Early TWiST legal-basics segment on raising from angels: convertible instruments, accreditation, and the paperwork of a first close.
Nuts-and-bolts closing mechanics for a first raise.
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Former YC president Geoff Ralston's fundraising fundamentals lecture: round mechanics, dilution math, SAFEs, investor psychology, and process design for a first raise.
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Wilson Sonsini partner Becki DeGraw walks TWiST through negotiating a term sheet: which terms actually matter, market norms, and where founders should spend negotiating capital.
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TWiST legal-basics episode on board seats: why you effectively can't fire a VC from your board, and the cautionary situations that produces.