Q: I'm a graduate student with an outstanding alternative-energy idea, which I believe I can patent. I also have an idea for a related software platform to help small manufacturing companies manage their energy usage. I need to raise money to start my company. In one of your articles, you wrote that there are more early-stage venture funds than startup or seed-stage venture funds. A startup seems pretty early to me. What is the difference?
-- C.B., Columbia, Mo.
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