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How to ask with this skill installed
Installing the skill gives your AI a method. Your request still has to provide the case-specific facts, constraints and expected output.
1Name the real task
Describe the decision or deliverable, not just the topic.
2Provide the evidence
Add source material, audience, limits and known facts.
3Define done
Set format, quality criteria and checks.
Source example
Replace the brackets with your case
Mistakes to avoid
- Underestimating time. 3 months turns into 6. Start fundraising when you have 12+ months of runway, not 3.
- No data room before outreach. Investors who ask for DD materials on a Friday afternoon will receive them on Monday — if you're organized. If not, they'll move to the next company.
- Bad cap table hygiene. Options not formally granted, shares not properly issued, missing board approvals. These are solvable but cause expensive legal delays.
- Not tracking investor conversations. Forgetting who said what, when to follow up, and which investor is at which stage is a fundraising killer. Use a CRM from day one.
- Accepting a verbal "yes" without a term sheet. Unless you have a signed term sheet in hand, the round isn't done. Keep fundraising until the wire transfer clears.
- Signing bad terms out of impatience. Once a term sheet is signed, exclusivity kicks in. Don't sign until you're comfortable with the terms — or have a competing term sheet for leverage.
- Ignoring legal costs. Spanish VC deals require startup lawyers (not general practitioners). Budget €8K-€20K for legal fees on a seed round, €20K-€40K on a Series A.
- Forgetting ENISA/CDTI. Many Spanish founders leave €100K-€500K on the table by not applying for non-dilutive grants before raising equity.