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In your opinion, are your angels more or less active this year? Mike Napoli: Actually, we are seeing entrepreneurs. That has allowed us to be more focused earlier with these companies, and we can come to a decision much sooner to go ahead or not go ahead with an investment. Mike Napoli: I think it was the entrepreneur.
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