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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

Joining Schwartzfarb on the panel will be Kurt Rathmann, CPA (CEO of Scalefactor), Rob Taylor (CEO of Convey) and Monica Landers (CEO of Storyfit). I’ve spent my entire career helping to build early stage companies and I feel very fortunate to share my experience with founders everywhere.” Denver, CO?—? RSVP here Sept.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

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. Even that early, it became clear that 4% was not an achievable goal.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

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.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

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’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. I’ll say that one more time. This is number one.