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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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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. lead gen) and advertising revenue from both of these companies. AdSense and other Google advertising accounted for 7.7% Author howerl.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. Just as Erin mentions above -- replace content with games -- the same dynamics are at work in the advertising world. Eric, First of all, great post.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

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These documents have been prepared for informational purposes and is not intended to (a) constitute legal advice (b) create an attorney-client relationship (c) be advertising or a solicitation of any type.  I based these documents off a recent transaction where a company that had used the Series Seed Documents raised a Series A round.

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Is ?Data? a Business Model? ? AGILEVC

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Several years ago I wrote a post about the three business models of the consumer web : commerce, advertising, and user-paid premium services. At the end of the day, the actionable insights that come from various forms of data are capitalized through existing business models like commerce, advertising, and to a lesser extent premium services.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Green Garage aggregates proven, sustainable, energy saving automotive maintenance/repair related products and delivers them through convenient consumer valet and corporate mobile on-site services. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. TopSchool, Inc.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

Twenty Companies Ranging From Seed Stage to Mezzanine Will Showcase Next Generation Technologies from Various Industries at the 27 th Annual VCIR Winter 2010 Conference. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. TopSchool, Inc.

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Startup Resources

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Seed Stage Valuation Guide. advertising. aggregation. contextual advertising. Useful blogs and links for startups. Best of Y-Combinator Startup Advice. Best of Y- Combinator Startup Advice. Raising Venture Capital. Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. VC Experts. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section.