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What is BATNA?

Best alternative to a negotiated agreement, the walk-away option that sets a party's true leverage. In a raise, a second live term sheet is a founder's BATNA.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Entrepreneurial Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Entrepreneurial Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.