{"id":1314,"date":"2009-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/term-sheet-details-what-devils-have-you-seen\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T08:12:32","slug":"term-sheet-details-what-devils-have-you-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/term-sheet-details-what-devils-have-you-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Term Sheet Details &#8211; What Devils Have You Seen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday evening, I&#8217;m participating in a panel sponsored by <a title=\"Deal Sheet Terms\" href=\"https:\/\/www.annarborusaevents.org\/EventDetails.aspx?e=4048\">SPARK <\/a>and <a title=\"Deal sheet devils\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newenterpriseforum.org\/events\/details\/32\">New Enterprise Forum <\/a>&#8211;<strong> <span><a title=\"Deal Sheet Details\" href=\"https:\/\/www.annarborusaevents.org\/EventDetails.aspx?e=4048\">The Devil is in the Details, Part 1: Term  Sheets &amp; Investor Rights<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen my fair share of devils in term sheets, but I&#8217;m sure I haven&#8217;t seen them all.<\/p>\n<p>What terms have you seen that could have come off the deal sheet from hell?\u00a0\u00a0 Looking for input &amp; terms that scare enterprenuers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday evening, I&#8217;m participating in a panel sponsored by SPARK and New Enterprise Forum &#8211; The Devil is in the Details, Part 1: Term Sheets &amp; Investor Rights. 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