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Practical guides on SAFE agreements, term sheets, and fundraising risk — written for founders, not lawyers.

How to Read a Term Sheet — A Founder's Field Guide

Liquidation preferences, anti-dilution, participating preferred, pay-to-play — a section-by-section breakdown of every term sheet provision that matters, with dollar examples of what happens when you miss them.

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Pre-Money vs Post-Money SAFEs — The $500K Mistake Founders Keep Making

Same $1M investment. Same $10M cap. Two SAFE types. Wildly different dilution when you stack multiple investors. Most founders don't know which type they signed — or what it costs them at Series A.

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5 SAFE Risks Your Lawyer Won't Flag (And How to Catch Them)

Your lawyer checks if the document is legal. They don't check if it's founder-friendly. Here are five SAFE agreement provisions that quietly erode founder equity — and how to spot them before you sign.

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