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This video from Wharton School of Business gives an excellent overview of term sheets. It is fairly long and detailed, so learners who are completely new to term sheets may find some elements challenging to follow. However, no matter your level of familiarity with term sheets, this video is certainly worth a watch. 

This is a fantastic resource for understanding the basics of term sheets - very accessible, concise, and well-written. 

Instead of walking through what the components of term sheets mean, this article looks at term sheets from a bird's eye view, i.e. what functions term sheets play and how they are written. It is a useful resource if you find yourself getting lost in the weeds of term sheet explanations. 

This website links out to explanations of various parts of term sheets. The links provide helpful examples that may help you understand components of term sheets more in-depth without becoming too inaccessible. 

This article goes through each aspect of a term sheet and words it as if it were written in plain English. A good way to wrap your head around complex-seeming term sheet topics. 

This website links to a blank term sheet template, which may be useful to look at as you read about the various components of term sheets. 

This video presents a walk-through of the definitions of pre-money and post-money as well as a couple of examples of company valuation and resulting ownership levels.

See section on valuation and percent ownership for an easy-to-follow explanation. 

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These videos give a broad overview of the venture investing process and timeline from start to finish. They are a great resource for those new to venture investing and looking for a big-picture explanation of how venture investing works.

Though a bit fast-paced and casual, this video provides a good overview of the full venture investing process without going too far into the weeds with confusing details.

This video is much shorter and provides a very high-level idea of what venture investing looks like.

This series of videos from Khan academy walks through an in-depth example of the life of a business, from birth and initial financing of the business to exit by IPO. Use this to supplement your understanding of the investment process, especially if you learn well by walking through examples.