Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Mobile Usage: 8% of 2010 query volume (mobile app download growth of 344% YoY). Founding Date: 2004. 2010 Net Income: $8 million.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? And Why 20%?

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

March 8, 2012. And even if your startup is unlikely to IPO someday, an aggregate increase in the number of public tech companies (coupled with large cash piles for big established ones) should make the M&A climate more favorable in coming years. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? Author howerl.

IPO 100

IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened. June 12, 2012. Mobile payments are the trillion dollar industry that everybody’s been waiting for but has never materialized. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. ► 2012. (1). My facebook can beat up your facebook. return on investment after 3.5

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

March 30, 2012. Lots of people more forward-thinking than me have rightly said that data is a powerful asset and aggregating, mining, and making it useful will be a core element of many businesses currently being built. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. And Why 20%?

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

According to an Edison Research and Arbitron report in 2012, podcasting is becoming one of the more viable methods for acquiring and retaining customers. However, in 2007, “familiarity” jumped to 37%, and in 2012, it was 45% – that’s a 105% difference!! In 2006 it was a mere 11%, and in 2012 it hit 29%. image credit.

Software 100

Software eCommerce Audio Hosting 100