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Who is involved? How is this helpful?

My company is myself and about five other developers and designers. Simply put, we kick ass. We have a great idea, have running code, and are, as a labor of love, making it work.

Now that we're thinking funding would accelerate things even more, what the heck can we do? We don't have advisers, we don't have investors and we don't have contacts.

What we have is a great idea and running code (and decades of development experience), something we're not keen to just broadcast to the world and have another well-funded company say, "Yeah, that IS a good idea, thanks!"

What can AngelList do for ME?

I have to agree. I signed up and put as much information as I could about my company, but am now left with an, "Okay, what now?" situation.

We've been banging code for about two years now as a labor of love, and actually have a running system, ready for investment to actually take it out and make something of it. I've been the tech founder a number of times, but this is my first time in the game as both technical lead and business lead, and I'm more than happy to admit that I'm learning as I go.

A site like Angel List would be a great help, because part of taking on investment is also getting experience from the investors. But how do I reach out to them?

And how do I show them what we have without broadcasting it to the world? Because between you and me, what we've built is the kind of thing that I suspect many people would say, "Wow, I can't believe nobody's done that yet!" Sure, the barrier to entry is reasonable, but why give someone else a head start?

Sigh ;)