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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS).

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

But the majority of technology companies that went public circa 1979-2009, with professional VCs as their investors, faced this challenge. While 20th century metrics were revenue and profit, today it’s common for companies to get acquired for their user base. Founders can now outvote the preferred stock holders (the investors).

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Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer

thestartuplawyer.com

North says: June 9, 2009 at 8:50 pm Thanks for this whole blog its the best I have found. Thanks North says: June 9, 2009 at 3:50 pm Thanks for this whole blog its the best I have found. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. for practices that will protect and enhance both them and the startup company.

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ProfessorVC: A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal

Professor VC

The LinkedIn acquisition of CardMunch a few weeks ago caught my attention. Techcrunch called it one of the " most like-minded and forward-thinking acquisitions I’ve ever seen " I met with the founders of CardMunch several months ago when they were out raising their Series Seed round. ► 2009. (7). Do you have a U.S.

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The Option Pool Shuffle

venturehacks.com

This reverse dilution benefits all classes of stock proportionally even though the common stock holders paid for all of the initial dilution in the first place! SeatGeek Blog - Nov 9, 2009 [.] Third, if you sell the company before the Series B, all un-issued and un-vested options will be cancelled. a legal one.