When shaping the terms of a private placement offering or “testing the waters” with investors, rather than going the full blown route of putting offering docs together, often a basic term sheet is used.   A term sheet is a bullet-point summary that lays out material terms and conditions of the offering, the securities sold, management,

With the creation of new Rule 506(c) under the JOBS Act, private placement issuers are now authorized to leverage general solicitation, provided they verify that each purchaser in the offering is an accredited investor.  In theory, this is a very powerful concept, however there is still some confusion as to how that verification standard works