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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

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The Great Winnowing of World Cup & The Startup Ecosystem

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Every four years the whole world gets to celebrate this great game and our shared passion for it with the World Cup.

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

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But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery.

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Ethos: What Golazo Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

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I’ve been to a World Cup (South Korea 2002), gold medal Olympic soccer matches (men & women Beijing 2008), English Premier League, MLS, heck even AYSO. I’m a complete nut about soccer… I played in my youth and have been an avid fan for many years. Filed under Uncategorized. About Me.

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There Is No Subprime Model for VC

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see Note 1 below re: subprime crisis of 2008-9]. Note 1: Readers may feel that the subprime mortgage collapse which led to the financial crisis of 2008-2009 implies that subprime lending does not indeed work. There are both specialty lenders and large banks that have built big, successful businesses in subprime lending. [see

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The VC Shakeout: Are We There Yet?

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There was a healthy amount of capital ($20-30B annually) invested in VC funds during the 2003-2008 timeframe. 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. In the mid 2000′s VC’s were largely prospering.

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Denouement

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Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly.

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