Term Sheet & Financials

Course Outline

This one day workshop covers the fundamentals of term sheet navigation and negotiation. The program will be structured in a progressive manner starting with financial projections, to identifying appropriate funding sources, followed by deal structuring, and ending with term sheet negotiation.

Participants will learn the basics of business forecasting and financial projections for their start-ups, and relate that to the funding process. Term sheet contains the essentials of the deal structure and summaries the financial valuation of the firm, the interests of the founders and investors, and other protection & control  rights.

The term sheet is usually one of the most contentious items between entrepreneurs and investors. This session will focus on understanding the terms and clauses that arises from a term sheet. Participants will benefit by acquiring knowledge on critical clauses that translate into business control and appreciate how it affects profitability.  

 

Learning Objectives

  1. Ability to do basic business forecasting and financial projections
  2. Understand key items in a term sheet
  3. Negotiate on a win-win basis with investors
  4. Acquire life-skills to establish long-term relationship with strategic partners  
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<div><span><span><strong><em>OPEN to&nbsp;SMUBIG Incubatees Only!</em></strong></span></span></div>

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<div><span><span><strong><em>Limited seats !</em></strong></span></span></div>

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<div><span><span><span><em><strong>Terms &amp; Conditions:</strong></em></span><br />
<em>* Refers only to student who had graduated with a SMU qualification</em><br />
<em>- SMU BIG Incubatees refers to companies currently incubating in SMU IIE.<br />
- SMU BIG Alumni refers to companies previously incubated by SMU IIE.</em></span></span></div>

<div><span><span><em>- Strictly use SMU email account to register for SMU students/ faculty/ staff &amp; Alumni<br />
- No refund will be given in the event of non-attendance, transfer of registration and/or cancellation.<br />
- SMU IIE reserves the rights of admissions to the programme</em></span></span><br />
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<p>Lester Chan is the managing director of BeaconRock Investments, which business operations include private equity investments, venture capital, and crowdfunding. Lester used to be a management consultant and prior to that, a banker. Lester has accumulat
Date/Time Start
venue
BIG Meeting Room
SMU Business Innovations Generator (BIG)
SOA Basement (opposite Booklink)
Location
Incubation - Founders Education & Outreach - Founders Workshop
Type
Edu Programs

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