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Venture Capital / Lawyer Term Sheet Humor

Last week I attended a dinner put on by Ed Zimmerman and the fine folks at Lowenstein Sandler.  Ed has been an active participant in the NVCA model documents initiative and I’ve gotten to know him through the years as someone who is passionate about what he does, which among other things, is law and […]

Last week I attended a dinner put on by Ed Zimmerman and the fine folks at Lowenstein Sandler.  Ed has been an active participant in the NVCA model documents initiative and I’ve gotten to know him through the years as someone who is passionate about what he does, which among other things, is law and collecting wine.

With all of the questions that we get regarding term sheets, I thought some of you might enjoy Ed’s take on what makes the “perfect term sheet” which served doubly as our dinner menu the other evening.

Enjoy. 

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