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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

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Your first year or two in business is where your dreams merge with reality and take a new form to guide your future efforts. Many entrepreneurs end up taking their company in a different direction after some time spent testing your initial business model.

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ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

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I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. We ended up raising $15.5M, led by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

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Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?