This information is provided primariliy by Kauffman Foundation FastTrac Tech course materials which can be found in the list of articles and documents in the right column.
A term sheet is basically a letter of intent that spells out how much an investor is willing to give and under what conditions. It is typically the starting point for serious negotiations between the investor and entrepreneur.
According to Kauffman Foundation FastTrac Tech course:
"The Term Sheet is the roadmap to definitive agreements that will control the investment between an entrepreneur’s company and a venture capitalist. Though this initial document is intended to express basic understanding of the key points of a deal, many terms are negotiable even after the Term Sheet is signed."
A term sheet may be one or two pages, or it might be a lengthy document. These are the provisions that can be covered covered in a Term Sheet:
These are explained in the Kauffman FastTrac Tech article on Tech Venture Term Sheets.
The FastTrac Tech course curriculum suggests that these are topics that the entrepreneur should pay particular attention to: