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* Which conditions did you have in your last funding round? (size, structure)
* Which conditions did you have in your last funding round? (size, structure)
* How is your cap table structured? Is there going to be an employee stock option plan?
* How is your cap table structured? Is there going to be an employee stock option plan?
* Do you vest your own shares? If yes over which period?  
* Do you vest founder shares? If yes over which period?


==== Legal Structuring & Governance ====
==== Legal Structuring & Governance ====
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==== Working together ====
==== Working together ====


* What are you looking for in a business angel? What is important for you when working together?  
* What are you looking for in a business angel? What is important for you when working together? What are non gos and things you'd like to avoid?  
* How much access & transparency would a business angel have?  
* How do you plan to keep your investors up to date?
* How do you plan to keep your investors up to date?
* How much access & transparency would a business angel have?


==== Exit ====
==== Exit ====
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== Blindspots ==
== Blindspots ==


==== Initiative Insights ====
==== Questions not asked ====
* Are there any other important factors i should consider or areas i should know about?
* Are there any other important factors or areas i should know about?
* Are there any other important questions i did not ask about yet?
* Are there any other important questions i did not ask yet?
* Are there documented questions from other investors i could access?
* Are there documented questions from other investors i could access?


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* What would you say are the biggest weak points of you business model?
* What would you say are the biggest weak points of you business model?
* Where do you personally think you have the biggest blind spot and is there a team member who covers it for you?
* Where do you personally think you have the biggest blind spot and is there a team member who covers it for you?
* Are there large singular risks that could happen (e.g. legal)? Do you have risk mitigation strategies for them?
==== Excitement ====
* If you are looking into the future what are you personally most excited about?
* Why should i want to invest?
* Is there a great potential i could be missing?