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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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David Teten

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A number of the funds we studied use an origination approach that allows them to proactively co-create companies or opportunities. However, we believe in looking at companies first and evaluating them against the thesis the founders articulate, vs. going in with a thesis and looking for companies that fit the thesis. 2009) [ii].

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Having Success With Code Bootcamps: Where To Work As A Bootcamp Grad

For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is part three of a guest post series by Rob Gonzalez. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is part two of a guest post series by Rob Gonzalez. You can find part 1 here. Prior to founding Salsify, Rob was at.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Rob is the co-founder of Salsify, a leading cloud-based product content management and syndication solution that I invested in in 2013 and where I currently serve on the board. The following is a guest post by Rob Gonzalez.

Semantic

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

After two years of a dedicated experiment, we’ve decided to stop making new investments via our FG Angels Syndicate. The Monday after AngelList announced their Syndicate product in September 2013 we decided to to jump in with both feet and start FG Angels. Average syndicate investment amount per deal: $316k.

Syndicate

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Homebrew investment The Skimm raises $6m+ Series A

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Homebrew led their seed financing in 2013 and enthusiastically continued our participation in this latest round. Although we always invest with a diverse syndicate and usually have a co-lead VC, as partners of conviction, we’re not afraid to write the largest check on our own when we believe in the founders and the company.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

So, between 2008 and 2013, the early-stage landscape looked more like the middle segment of the chart. Just yesterday, for instance, we saw a company raising a seed round that has no product and two founders … and we also saw a company raising a seed with hundreds of thousands of dollars of monthly revenue. technical co-founder).

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The Seed Rounds They Are a-Changin': Three Shifts We’ve Made to Homebrew Investment Model

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 21, 2014

This notion is more common now than it was when we started the fund early in 2013, there’s still occasional question about whether this slows down a company’s operations or gives investors too much control. This would make room for a meaningful number of other investors in the syndicate but also the concentration we needed.

Cofounder

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Investors! Join Me On An Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. Hear pitches from startups, investors, and partners Develop relationships between local and visiting investors so we can start to co-invest together VC Reverse Pitch What will do we do in each city?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 4, 2015

The failed pitches to investors, the difficult conversations with loved ones, and even the negotiations among cofounders are all recorded here as they happened, giving a unique look at one man’s entire experience from concept to company. Listen to StartUp here. See Also 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading.

Entrepreneur

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OnlyOnce, Part XX

OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

I’ve written close to 1,000 posts over the years, and the book became the impetus for a book that another friend and board member Brad Feld from Foundry Group encouraged me to write and helped me get published called Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business back in 2013.

Syndicate

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OnlyOnce, Part XX

OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

I’ve written close to 1,000 posts over the years, and the book became the impetus for a book that another friend and board member Brad Feld from Foundry Group encouraged me to write and helped me get published called Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business back in 2013.

Syndicate

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!)

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What Are Pre-Seed Rounds and Why Do They Exist?

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Investors! Join Me On An Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas

11 Business Podcasts for Entrepreneurs

OnlyOnce, Part XX

OnlyOnce, Part XX

ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

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