ArticlePre-money vs post-money, settled in one pageThe single distinction that quietly costs first-time founders two or three points of ownership.↵

ArticleThe option-pool shuffle, and how to avoid itWhy the new option pool usually comes out of your slice — and the one sentence that changes that.↵

ArticleReading a term sheet, line by lineEconomics and control are the only two things a term sheet decides. Here is each line, decoded.↵

ArticleWhat investors actually do in diligenceBehind every data request is a question the partner is trying to answer. Know the question.↵

ArticleThe monthly investor update, structurallyThe five-block format that keeps a round warm without turning updates into a second job.↵

ArticleWhen to raise a priced round vs another SAFEThe thresholds that should tip the decision — and the mistakes founders make waiting too long.↵