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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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A VC’s take on the Season 5 premier of Sharktank

Lightspeed Venture Partners

There are definitely some industries where due to economies of scale (which can be on production costs or distribution reach) incumbents have enormous advantages. Sales skyrocketed and the company was bought by Cisco for $590M in 2009. But eventually two syndicates emerged.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. A talent acquisition or bootstrapping are still options, but need to include buy-in from the investors. ► 2009. (7). Do you have a U.S. ► April. (1).

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Though Israeli growth dipped to below 1 percent in 2009, it started crawling back to between 3% and 4% towards the end of the year helped by strict fiscal policy and a balanced budget. It is also reducing energy consumption since water production and distribution require a lot of energy, so preventing water loss also prevents this waste.&#.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

in 2009 and debt moderated to 76.6% A recent study by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics showed that Israeli cows produced an average of 10,208 kg (around 10,000 liters) of dairy per cow in 2009, outperforming cows worldwide. Advertising distribution company DG FastChannel Inc. of GDP in 2010 from 5.2% of GDP from 79.3%