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. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Founding Date: 2004. Series A Preferred.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My founders and I started the company about three years ago. Three, I’m a book keeper, accountant or CPA and other. Three, I’m a bookkeeper, accountant or CPA or other. I just wanted to break down those two pieces real quick the time side and the cost side. I’ll say that one more time.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2009

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Startup founders need to use their own judgment to ask: which is the riskiest assumption underlying my business plan? Founders struggle with this question. Successful startups don’t.

Customer 156

Customer San Francisco Viral Lean 156

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 5, 2009

It’s entirely possible for the startup to be a massive success without having large aggregate numbers, because the startup has succeeded in finding a passionate, but small, early adopter base that has tremendous per-customer behavior. If it costs $0.10 Even that early, it became clear that 4% was not an achievable goal.

San Francisco 102

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment Startup 102