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01Valuation
Pre-money vs post-money, settled in one page
The single distinction that quietly costs first-time founders two or three points of ownership.
02Dilution
The option-pool shuffle, and how to avoid it
Why the new option pool usually comes out of your slice — and the one sentence that changes that.
03Term sheets
Reading a term sheet, line by line
Economics and control are the only two things a term sheet decides. Here is each line, decoded.
04Diligence
What investors actually do in diligence
Behind every data request is a question the partner is trying to answer. Know the question.
05Updates
The monthly investor update, structurally
The five-block format that keeps a round warm without turning updates into a second job.
06Instruments
When to raise a priced round vs another SAFE
The thresholds that should tip the decision — and the mistakes founders make waiting too long.