Q Yeah. So when you say like a ton of angel funding, I mean, I would, are we talking like 10, twenty million in angel funding or something? Okay. And what was that back then? I mean, was that all like convertible notes or what?
A Well, actually it was a mix. So it would, it would start. So remember during the, so it, So when we first started, it was that.com bust and we made it through the O eight market crash. And so one of the challenges and angel funding, uh, is it's not always professional funding. So everybody kind of has a different opinion on the vehicle. So I think we use just about every vehicle, you know, preferred stock, convertible debentures. We did straight rounds. We did full rounds. We did partial rounds. And as we progressed through the. The market crash, the rounds would become more rapid and sort of more or smaller, I guess. And then they would sort of expand again as we got out of the market crash. And so that effect, and what I often tell everybody is careful when you start raising money, because it can really become your full-time job. I mean, it was really, there was probably about 15 or so folks in total. You had large investors, small investors, some that had some professional background, some that didn't. But that formed the basic of the angel group and the way in which we finally attracted that. So remember three years, no money. And I'm asking questions like, well, where does the money come from? And at that point I had gotten ahold of a sales coach at the center for entrepreneurial services here in Charlotte. We hired them. You would later climb through every single one of m…
AI assessment note: “Well, actually it was a mix... we use just about every vehicle, you know, preferred stock”