2004 Equity Partner Silicon Valley 
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 19, 2011
Called Tim Spicer (c-companies partner) and he told him matt, they only want one thing, more warrant coverage!!! Raised money from Splitrock Partners (of whom Matt thinks very highly) experience was so emotionally traumatic he came out of it vowing he’d never go thru that again – get cash flow positive RIGHT NOW!!! [if
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
Founding Date: 2004. Obviously most of these employees are working hard primarily for equity upside compensation, but Kayak’s personnel costs are roughly $200K/head so the company is highly productive on a per employee basis. round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. Series A Preferred.
500hats.com
AUGUST 2, 2012
Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley). Scaling Up & Out: The Valley is Flat (and Global). Ok, let’s dive in and discuss in more detail. Mega VC, Micro VC.
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. Penn-Olson is a Young Upstarts content partner. Catch what he has to say below. How are entrepreneurs in India like?
Agile VC
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
My partner Rob also wondered if Facebook is the next Yahoo! , 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. ==. or the next Google. Facebook, Inc.
Agile VC
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Some of the firm’s partners may move on to new jobs during this phase but at least some are usually still around. The entire US economy was booming (in an unsustainable debt binge, in retrospect) from 2004 through much of 2008, and the tech world was booming along with it.
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