term sheet
also referred to as: term sheets
7 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Apr 13, 2016 by Roy Bahat · said 17 times in 12 episodes since 2015 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Sumeet Shah (3), Michael Ma (3), Rory O'Driscoll (2), Rob Hayes (1), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (1), Josh Stein (1), Harry Stebbings (1), Greg Bettinelli (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2017 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
- 20VC: Why YC Is The Exact Opposite of Proprietary Deal Flow, Why Having No Follow On Dramatically Aligns Incentives & Why Founders Do Not Have To Be Passionate About Their Idea From The Start with Michael Ma, Founding Partner @ Liquid 2 Ventures
- 20VC: DFJ's Josh Stein on Why VCs Must Adapt To Their Founders, The Major Transition Points For Aaron Levie @ Box & Why SaaS Startups Are Growing At A Rate Never Seen Before
- every mention in 2017, scene by scene →
2016 8 mentions in 7 episodes 1 per episode
- 20VC: Why Market Is More Important Than Team, The 4 Key Roles of A Board Member & Why Founders Get Market Sizing So Wrong with Rory O'Driscoll, Founding Partner @ Scale Venture Partners
- 20VC: What Is Wrong With The VC Industry, Why VC Is A Customer Service Game and Why Car Ownership Will Be A Thing Of The Past with Brett DeMarrais, Partner @ Ludlow Ventures
- 20VC: Upfront Ventures' Greg Bettinelli on Testing For Founder 'Grit' & What It Takes To Build A Successful Consumer Brand Today
- 20VC: What LP's Want In VCs with Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director @ Sapphire Ventures
- 20VC: The Future For Autonomous Vehicles & How Software Is Eating Cars with Nikhil Basu Trivedi, Investor @ Shasta Ventures
- 20VC: Maveron's Rebecca Kaden on The Patterns Of Entrepreneurship and Taking A Consumer Product From Niche To Mass Market
- Uber's First Investor, First Round Capital's Rob Hayes on How The Deal Of The Decade Originated and Why Product Orientated VC Is The Future
- every mention in 2016, scene by scene →
2015 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
- 20 VC: Are Unicorns Necessary To Make Big Returns and The Series A Crunch with Sumeet Shah @ Brand Foundry Ventures
- 20 VC 088: David Frankel @ Founder Collective: The Most Founder Friendly VC in Existence
- 20 VC 065: FOUNDRY GROUP WEEK 1: Brad Feld: Founders Should Be Obsessed, Passion Belongs In The Bedroom
- every mention in 2015, scene by scene →
Everything said about term sheet, oldest first
Apr 13, 2016 positive
Jan 11, 2019 positive
Apr 24, 2020 negative
Sep 20, 2023
May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024
Siroker: Fast term sheets are designed to force lower valuations
“The investor who's giving you that term sheet wants to preempt it. They want to get in early. They want to get a better price, and so they know that if they do it before you're getting information from everyone else, that's going to help them.”