Fundraising Simulation: Negotiating Your Terms Sheet

Designed for startup founders, builders, and early-stage business owners preparing to raise money, this interactive session tackles a classic founder dilemma: how to secure urgent funding when your company is growing fast and running out of cash without giving away too much of your business or creating headaches for future investors.

Rather than sitting through a traditional lecture, participants will step into a high-stakes, real-time simulation where a fast-growing startup has less than 24 hours to lock in a $100,000 investment before catastrophe strikes.

Attendees will be in the driver's seat—weighing leverage, debating trade-offs, and voting in real time to shape the deal—and will leave with a practical cheat sheet and new insight on how to protect their ownership and structure a clean agreement for long-term growth.