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 Part 1 of Chapter 6: Other Terms of the Term Sheet and discuss the difference between compounding and non-compounding dividends, why VCs ask for redemption rights, when conditions precedent matter, what’s included in information rights, and suggested thresholds for registration rights and ROFO.

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As-Converted Basis

Conditions Precedent

Dilution

Dividend

Family Office

GAAP

Information Rights

Institutional Investor

Lifestyle Company

LPs

Liquidation

Liquidation Preference

Material Adverse Change Clause

Option Pool

Participation Rights

Preemptive Rights

Promissory Note

Pro-Rata

Public Offering

Redemption Right

Registration

Registration Rights

Right of First Offer

Right of First Refusal

SEC

Super Pro-Rata Rights

Trade Secrets

Voting Rights

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