Somer G. Anderson is CPA, doctor of accounting, and an accounting and finance professor who has been working in the accounting and finance industries for more than 20 years. Her expertise covers a ...

British entrepreneurs are becoming more sophisticated about their potential investors.

Many successful legal agreements begin with the term sheet; a document listing the key points of the business deal that has been struck between the parties. A deal point can be as simple as the ...

Critically, term sheets can also vary in their enforceability—some being binding, some nonbinding or some combination of the two. When deals run into trouble, or fall apart completely, litigants will ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, ...

You’re in the thick of week two of negotiations on a term sheet with a potential investor and you can’t help but wonder why you’re spending so much time on a document that has “nonbinding” written all ...

What Is A Term Sheet? A term sheet is a document that outlines the key terms and conditions of an investment or exit deal. It serves as a non-binding agreement that provides clarity and scope of ...

January 11, 2024 - When negotiating licenses to intellectual property (IP) or collaboration agreements (such as research partnerships, sponsored projects, and joint ventures), universities frequently ...

An essential part of angel investing is setting and agreeing to the terms of the deal. Many angels recognize the importance of deal terms, but often wonder which components of the term sheet to ...

When we launched in 2016, we took the unusual approach of saying we’d buy common stock in startups. We believed then, and still do, that alignment with founders was more important than covering our ...

When you want to know a company’s financial health, it helps to look at its balance sheet. But if you’ve never seen a balance sheet before or don’t know how to read one, all you’ll see is a collection ...

Accounting divides your company assets into two classes: current and long-term. Current assets include cash and anything you use up or convert to cash over the next 12 months. Typical examples are ...