Fundraising - You don't do it often. And when you get down to it, its all about the deal. We're setting up a mock negotiation for you all to witness how its done and what to pay attention to. Don't make first time mistakes.

Whether you're a first-time or serial entrepreneur, if you're really making progress, you will find yourself negotiating term sheets with an investor and lawyers. Come find out the "Do's and Don'ts" of negotiations while watching a mock negotiation between an active angel investor, startup attorney and a successful CEO. It doesn't get any better than this.

We will go over a worst case scenario as a way to review how the terms play out and their importance.

We will be sending out sample term sheets to review.

Who should attend: Those seeking funding. How to get funding at various stages. From early to late. How to access a deal for funding viability and what happens at the negotiation table.

RANDOLPH ADLER, Jr. is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of RK ADLER LLP. Randy represents numerous technology, new media, fashion, and other similarly situated start-up, venture-backed, and emerging companies at all stages of development. He also represents various investors, funds and family businesses that seek independent counsel. Randys practice focuses on corporate and strategic matters, which he employs as an outside general counsel for many of the firms clients.

Immediately prior to co-founding RK ADLER LLP, Randy was a corporate litigation attorney at the Manhattan office of Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom LLP. Randy attended the University of Richmond, the University of Queensland, and St. Johns University School of Law in Queens, New York.

Mark Peter Davis is a Venture Partner at High Peaks Venture Partners. Mark focuses on identifying and investing in New York-based software and internet deals. He is a Co-Founder of Kohort Inc. and serves as its CEO. He is a Mentor at Techstars, LLC. He serves as an Advisor to SuburbanMomma. Previously, he served as an Associate at Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures. Prior to that, Mark co-founded GoodSearch, LLC in 2005 and served as its Chief Executive Officer. In addition to his entrepreneurial endeavors, Mr. Davis consulted to Fortune 1000 and private equity clients on the strategic and financial attractiveness of acquisition targets at both Bain & Company and KPMG. Mark is an occasional Contributor to a number of industry new services, including Mashable, Silicon Alley Insider and CenterNetworks. In addition to creating content, he organizes events for entrepreneurs through the Columbia Venture Community. He is an Active Member of the venture community. He is the author of Get Venture and is frequently cited in the Wall Street Journal. He was listed by BusinessInsider as one of the 100 Most Influential Digital New Yorkers.

Dane currently serves as CEO SumAll, a business he co-founded. Previously he has served as CEO Squarespace and CEO Sensenet. He's a serial entrepreneur having founded 6 startups over the course of his career, achieving 5 exits. He also is an advisor/ investor and board member to a dozen more companies.

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