Office Hours is our podcast covering general issues related to small businesses and startups. Venture Deals Review is a series of Office Hours episodes discussing the book Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.

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In this episode, we review Chapter 8: “Convertible Debt” and discuss the pros and cons of using convertible debt from both an investor and company perspective, the three different scenarios that will cause a conversion, and when you should and shouldn’t use KISS or SAFE agreements.

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409A Valuation

Balance Sheet

Bankruptcy

Bridge Financing

Cap Table

Change of Control

Common Stock

Conversion Discount

Convertible Debt

Convertible Note

Dilution

Distribution

Earnout

Equity

Fiduciary Duty

KISS

Lead Investor

Liquidation Preference

LLC

Preemptive Rights

Price/Valuation Cap

Price Per Share

Pro-Rata

Right of First Offer (ROFO)

SAFE

Security

Seed Stage

Series A

Series B

Valuation

Warrant

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