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James Haefele, an IT executive at a big company, is an angel investor. He uses his angel investing as a way to be deeply engaged in the startup space without giving up his stable career in IT. He likes being able to mentor these founders and connect them to the right people. James has seen about 50 of those deals since he joined in 2018. He doesn’t think it’s as risky as investing in the stock market because when you angel-invest, you write your check, then you wait five years to find out if you made the right bet.