re #2: Yes, many notes have the provision to make sure the investor gets a 1x preference on dollars invested (some preferred and some common for their investment.) and this is, IMO fair.

re high resolution financing: if you are offering different investors at different prices, you are likely to make your investors less than happy with you.

re less control and no board seats: in my experience, having a board correlates strongly with success. so i think this is a negative. to put money where my mouth is - for my last startup, I took a board even though I did not have to.

re raising a few hundred thousand or less: in my experience, strongly correlated with startup death.