The question going forward, Christensen says, is which companies can move beyond their current pre-revenue stage and begin providing the kinds of returns on investment venture capital firms expect.

克里斯坦森认为，在将来一段时间，最重要的问题是，哪些公司能够迈出当前的“待产出”阶段，开始产出风投机构真正期盼的东西——投资收益。

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If a corporate investor intends to acquire a company, its valuation expectations will be different from that of traditional venture capitalists who want to maximize their investment, said Paul Lee of Lightbank, an early stage VC firm in Chicago.

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So the angel boom is definitely a boon for venture capital funds which are seeing a large flow of prototype-stage investment opportunities.

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The visionaries see their ideas developed into commercially viable products and services ready for early stage investment (indeed, as part of the program, participants must pitch their concepts to members of the venture community).

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