This repository contains all the materials for the NewCo Term Sheet Negotiation, an interactive case study designed for law students, business students, and tech entrepreneurs.
This exercise simulates a negotiation between a startup, "NewCo," and its corporate parent/investor, "BigTech," over the terms of an intellectual property license and seed investment. It is designed to teach and reinforce concepts in:
- Venture Financing & Term Sheets
- Intellectual Property Commercialization
- University Technology Transfer
- Startup Law & Founder Equity
- Negotiation & Client Counseling
All materials are organized for use with GitHub Pages.
- To view the interactive case study, please visit: https://jglazer75.github.io/NewCo-Term-Sheet-Case-Study/.
- For Instructors, a complete facilitator's guide, including confidential memos and debriefing questions, is available on the site.
- /docs: Contains all files for the GitHub Pages website.
- /source-documents: Contains the original case study PDF and an editable .docx version of the term sheet for student use.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License). You are free to share and adapt this material for non-commercial (e.g., educational) purposes, provided you give appropriate credit and distribute any derivative works under the same license.
