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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. 2010 Net Income: $8 million. 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. That means that Kayak generates roughly $1.15M in revenue for each employee which puts it in the same league as Google and Apple (both >$1M/head). round closed in June 2004. Series A Preferred.

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We Don’t Talk Enough About Money In Silicon Valley, Revisited

Hunter Walker

That was the first day that current and former employees could cash out all of their shares after the company went public. But that was back in 2004 and the trillions of dollars of wealth created since in startups, big tech companies and crypto makes earlier questions of extravagance seem quaint. 18 was “giraffe money” day.

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The Golden Age of the Boston Internet Entrepreneur

Genuine VC

We rode the bubble wave to a successful outcome in 2000 , and after moving away for a few years which included a stint at business school , I returned back to Boston in 2004, and it felt like the web entrepreneurial community had almost entirely scattered after the crash. Today the landscape is very different from 2004.

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Go-Getters Showcase

Mike Michalowicz

My wife Mirta, a professional chef from Paraguay, and I started the business in 2004. Now we have 70 employees and serve 5000 children every day. I have worked as a periodontist since graduating from Baylor College of Dentistry in 2004 and have owned a practice for 15 years. Email: jcliame@net-result.biz. or 608-542-0880.

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So you’ve got a great domain name: Here’s how to protect it from scammers

The Next Web

The non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names andNumbers (ICANN) is the governing body of keeping the Internet operational and stable by providing tech maintenance of DNS root registries and managing net protocol numbers. ICANN introduced the safety measure of domain locking, also known as registrar-lock, in 2004.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. 2011 Net Income: $1.00 3) Employee Stock Purchases Are a Near-Term ATM - Facebook has issued a combination of stock options and more recently restricted stock units (RSUs) as compensation to employees. Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

But in today’s world, speed-to-scale entrepreneurship is what we need to improve society, transform industries, and create massive value for customers, employees, and investors. When the market conditions are right, you should blitzscale for the benefit of all stakeholders: customers, employees, investors, and society.