Taking their money might mean having to listen to them.
Nothing like fun and games introduced by a bad investor to make an already stressful situation more stressful.
Don’t build a business reliant on investment and you’ll be happier.
If you have to raise then don’t treat it as a good thing, you just sold part of your company and have more bosses now than just clients.
Standard terms hardly exist. Every deal is different.
Venture capital is a business model, Take the time to understand it before you start raising from VC’s.
There is nothing wrong with making a nice lifestyle salary from a small SaaS business without the pain of investors.
There is also nothing wrong with spending other people’s money gambling you can build a big company. Just don't let the terms prevent you from paying yourself if you go that route.