Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
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 Feb 2005. So these three companies account for about half Kayak’s revenues today.
mashable.com
MAY 9, 2011
He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Figure out the best qualities your current employees have and go from there. Ashley Bodi , Business Beware.
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MAY 5, 2023
To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.
mashable.com
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Managing employees and tasks remotely can be a recipe for disaster when you’re building a nascent operation. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. It’s best that you personally oversee operations to ensure that they’re in line with your broader business vision.
Agile VC
APRIL 13, 2012
The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.
mashable.com
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
In fact, I encourage everyone — even my own employees — to target a business passion that will make them happy and wealthy. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco. None of this advice is meant as a scare tactic, or a suggestion that you can’t or shouldn’t start a company.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Ifyour competitors offer employees stock options that might make themrich, while you make it clear you plan to stay private, yourcompetitors will get the best people.
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