Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. In theory when you went public, everyone’s shares were now tradable on the stock exchange, but usually the underwriters required a six month “lockup” when company insiders (employees and investors) couldn’t sell. 4) help nurture and grow the companies they invest in.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Founding Date: 2004. 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. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 31, 2011

I came back to India , in 2004. It’s a dramatic shift from how things were in 2004. Initially quite a number of companies were heavily influenced by the west, especially Silicon Valley. We communicated with Anand who kindly shared with us his thoughts on the start-up scene in India. Catch what he has to say below.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. Facebook, Inc. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Ironically our business started to perform very will by 2004 but by then management had lost the dream of a huge upside. I’m assuming this in Silicon Valley, LA or similar locations. 2)&# it’s not fair to the rest of the employees who don’t get to take money out. these rules don’t apply.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Startups Should Work To Make Their Employees Wealthy Not Just Their Founders And Investors. And when that company was acquired in late 2020 by another private party, my stock purchased in 2004 turned into cash. And when that company was acquired in late 2020 by another private party, my stock purchased in 2004 turned into cash.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

Commitments to respect their employees, their customers, their partners. Maybe you want to set aside one percent of your equity for charity, or maybe you want to give some of your profits away, or maybe you want to create a nonprofit, or maybe you want to. Eric Ries : It's written on every employee badge, you were just mentioning.

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