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. 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. =.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Between my experiences as a management consultant, as well as my product and marketing roles at multiple tech companies, I felt that I had enough operational experience to make that leap sooner than later. C Corp versus LLC, non-competes, liquidation preferences, preferred versus common stock, and so on).

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Cofounder Angel Investor eCommerce 60

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Much of it is very short term focused and, like a giant tractor beam, draws the conversation into a very short time horizon (as in days or weeks). Pragmatic cost cuts are always possible and often productive.” I suffered through the next financing after implementing a complex structure, or a sale of the company, or a liquidation.

Cap Table 70

Cap Table Down Round Liquidation Preference Founder 70

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I first met Sam Schillace when we were both product leads at Google. ” I don’t think many people know you started the company (Upstartle) that built the product (Writely) that Google bought in order to launch Docs. I also did the obvious conversation about how it’s the starting line not the finish line.

Engineer 48

Engineer Liquidation Preference AJAX IPO 48

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

do not think being friends or relatives reduces the need for these difficult and/or awkward conversations. We entrepreneurs constantly try to refine our product or model, so it is only natural to think that we should refine ourselves. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Founder Preferred Stock Startup 40

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

here is what Taariq says about 1M/1M: “With Sramana, we sprinted from vague product concept to a customer-driven business with real, reference customers in just six months. They also learn a lot about customer acquisitions strategies, what works and what doesn’t. Numerous lessons. Numerous lessons. RS: Thanks Sramana.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116