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Phase 1
Foundations
Aug – Oct 2026 · Foundations + first mock reps
Aug 1, 2026 – Oct 31, 2026 · 0% complete
Weekly rhythm
2.5h reading · 2.5h writing/do
Checklist
Books in this phase
Library- Brad Feld & Jason Mendelson — Venture Dealsreading
- NVCA Model Legal Documents — term sheet templatetodo
- Y Combinator SAFE financing documents + official explainertodo
- Carta equity / cap table education hubtodo
- AngelList — How to Angel Invest guidetodo
- Elad Gil — The High Growth Handbooktodo
- Jason Cohen (A Smart Bear) — blog archivetodo
- David Skok — "SaaS Metrics 2.0" + For Entrepreneurs blogtodo
Practice
All practiceNo practice topics linked to this phase yet.
Milestone
One unpublished practice memo, a mock cap table exercise done, Venture Deals finished.
Guardrail
Don't skip the unpublished practice memo. Publishing a weak first memo publicly is worse than a delayed start.