Most founders don't find out until they're in the room. A single 90-minute audit tells you exactly what's missing and what to fix before your first meeting.
Investors make decisions in due diligence, not pitch meetings. If your data room isn't institutional-grade, you'll lose deals you should have won.
Term sheets have a short window and long consequences. Before you respond, you need to know what's standard, what's negotiable, and what will cost you for the life of the company.
How you show up in the first few board meetings sets your credibility for years. Most founders underestimate how quickly that window closes.
Valuation, dilution, option pool sizing — these decisions look small now and become structural problems at Series A. Getting them right costs far less than unwinding them later.
