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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. That means that Kayak generates roughly $1.15M in revenue for each employee which puts it in the same league as Google and Apple (both >$1M/head). So these three companies account for about half Kayak’s revenues today. as of 12/31/09).

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. I use the vendors of PE/VC investing data I listed above to track the interests of potential private equity/VC coinvestors, and selectively introduce investee companies as we build out a syndicate. .

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

From a practical perspective, this means getting actively involved in your local tech community, regularly attending industry events and conferences, writing blog posts/articles, integrating yourself into communities on social networks and, of course, doing outstanding work as an employee (to develop a great reputation).

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Ifyour competitors offer employees stock options that might make themrich, while you make it clear you plan to stay private, yourcompetitors will get the best people. In the Bay Area its the Bandof Angels.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. There needs to be enough equity to go around for founders, early investors, later investors, and employees. My facebook can beat up your facebook. The theme of the event was angel investment trends for 2008.