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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Founding Date: 2004. round closed in June 2004. Series A Preferred.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). We three partners are working hard. link] Lincoln Coutts.

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6 Tips for Coming Up With Your Million-Dollar Business Idea

Up and Running

Voices.com , an online marketplace that matches voice actors with advertising agencies and TV and radio stations, began in 2004 as an idea scribbled down on a napkin by newlyweds David and Stephanie Ciccarelli. “I realized in the early 1990s that there was no appropriate yoga for fitness professionals,” says YogaFit® founder, Beth Shaw.

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From Mailroom to Boardroom: 10 Modern-Day Execs Who Started At The Bottom

YoungUpstarts

in 2012, previously holding positions as president and co-chairman. Today, he is the CSO of The Convex Group, founder of Media Eagles, and founder and CEO of Fanista. Andrew Taylor : Andrew Taylor may have been the son of Enterprise Rent-A-Car founder Jack C. John Borghetti : A consummate workaholic (he works 6.5

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How to Avoid Being Part of 90% of Failed Companies

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After CB Insights’ investigation yielded such an alarming figure of failure, the company decided to compile more than 100 post mortem letters from different startup founders to discover the reason for the failures. Choosing the wrong team or not including potential partners. Why do so many companies fail? Losing focus.

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From email scams to e-commerce wins: How online shopping is helping Nigeria fix its Internet reputation

The Next Web

Monty Munford is the founder of Mob76 , a company that helps companies become investible and prepares them for exit. In June of last year it raised $35 million from Millicom International Cellular , following Serie A funding of $26 million earlier that year from Summit Partners. “We The fact that 65 percent of first-time Gloo.ng

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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Updated July 10, 2012, 7:57 p.m. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. See a sample reprint in PDF format. Order a reprint of this article now. TECHNOLOGY.