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Misunderstood Venture Capital Terms

In today's episode Peter and Jon discuss terms that are easily misunderstood like liquidation preferences. Some of the terms that Enterpreneurs haven't understood and made real life mistakes, huge mistakes. It's better to learn from someone else's mistake

Episode 18 of the Venture Capital podcast, hosted by Jon Bradshaw, Peter Harris, titled "Misunderstood Venture Capital Terms" was published on April 12, 2022 and runs 23 minutes.

April 12, 2022 ·23m · Venture Capital

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In today's episode Peter and Jon discuss terms that are easily misunderstood like liquidation preferences. Some of the terms that Enterpreneurs haven't understood and made real life mistakes, huge mistakes. It's better to learn from someone else's mistakes than by making them yourself!

Misunderstood Venture Capital Terms

If you don’t understand all the terms, and especially the ones that are part of your fundraising journey, it can cost you big bucks. In today’s episode we discuss such real life examples where real time mistakes were made. 


Questions Covered in This Episode Include:


  1. What is Liquidation preference
  2. How are Participating Preferred different from Non Participating Preferred Stocks
  3. What terms work the best for you as an entrepreneur 
  4. What is a clean term sheet and what are the benefits
  5. Understanding Anti- Dilution Clauses with another real life example
  6. What to choose when you have to decide between a higher valuation vs structure?
  7. Understanding Convertible Note vs SAFE
  8. What is a Standard Price Round
  9. What is the next inflection point for a business


Let us know the terms you had a hard time understanding, or still don't understand. What should we talk about next? Give us a follow and leave us feedback.


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