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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Tech acquisitions went crazy at the same time the IPO market did. And some companies didn’t even have to go public to get liquid.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Founding Date: 2004. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004.

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Google Finally Weaving Local Strategy :: Small Business Marketing.

Duct Tape Marketing

There’s also an interesting integration of acquisition TalkBin , a tool that makes it very easy for people send SMS messages to any registered business. Business owners are invited to claim their pages, create special offers and try out ad products such as Boost right from the city home page.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product.

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Day of The Dead: Web Drives Strong Demand for Java Skills

www.redmonk.com

So what about Java, in light of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, and the complete win of the web over everything else? A 59% increase in bobs since January 2009? That is- if its in production, its “dead&#. When a commentator says Technology A is dead, they generally just mean its not an Apple or Google product.

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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

When Amazon came knocking in 2009, they had been modestly profitable for only two years. Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. eBay was ultimately unable to generate sufficient profits and synergies from the acquisition. Also not surprisingly, they didn’t make much money.

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5 Startup Lessons From MaryAnn Bekkedahl Of theSwizzle

YoungUpstarts

For me, the biggest challenge has been the long stretches of time (weeks) between major feature builds or consumer acquisition spikes. She was named Adweek Media’s “Publishing Executive of the Year” in 2009. Then again, I’m a bit of a “milestone-junkie,” and need the thrill of success hourly to keep me sane!

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