Aggregator Entrepreneur Operations Syndication 
Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
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. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Founding Date: 2004. Read More ».
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. Foundry Group is using their portfolio company Monday to aggregate portfolio companies’ job postings on their own jobs page.
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Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2011
The International segment appears to have similar profitability as the North America business though as it accounted for roughly the same proportion of adjusted operating income. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO.
Agile VC
MARCH 8, 2012
Most companies in the IT sector are profitable at least on an operating or cashflow basis, though often not on a GAAP basis when non-cash expenses are taken into account. Well for entrepreneurs running late stage companies prepping for IPO in the next 12 months, it’s an excellent time. So now what? Author howerl.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .
David Teten
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
This is very different from the way most of us think about investing; in our personal lives and in most operating businesses, investors try to spend as little as possible for the maximum results. In aggregate, angels are significant investors. I believe it’s healthier to stage our investments in a series of modest-size checks.
Agile VC
JUNE 12, 2012
Right now, the only company who’s really innovating is Dwolla, which is starting from the payment layer by aggregating funding sources and will eventually try to position itself as a platform (starting by offering real time cash transfers for free to banks). Canadian operator Rogers filed to become a bank last year. Read More ».
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