period and SEC restrictions. MAXIMUM >------------------------R I S K / R E W A RD------------------------> MINIMUM My experience and consulting has been in working with VCs... that fund entities only in the "Early - through -Later" stages, where a company's products and services are moving beyond the conceptual / research and development (R&D) stage... entity a company or is it a product? This seems a rather intricate question and it is, but it is basic to the VC exit strategy. If the product or service is limited in scope...