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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. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

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It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ยป.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

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The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. The panel was a typical Silicon Valley shmoozefest hosted at a law firm with about 75+ attendees. ProfessorVC. Thursday, January 17, 2008. Touched by an Angel.

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

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And even if your startup is unlikely to IPO someday, an aggregate increase in the number of public tech companies (coupled with large cash piles for big established ones) should make the M&A climate more favorable in coming years. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Author howerl.

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Is ?Data? a Business Model? ? AGILEVC

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Lots of people more forward-thinking than me have rightly said that data is a powerful asset and aggregating, mining, and making it useful will be a core element of many businesses currently being built. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. After all there are various ways to monetize data assets.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

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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). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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