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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Historically more revenue came from distribution/lead-gen (57% in 2007), but this tipped in 2008 though appears to be steady from 2009 to 2010 at about 58% advertising and 42% distribution. Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Series A Preferred.

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Google’s crusade against short-termism

The Equity Kicker

Throughout our evolution, from privately held start-up to large, publicly listed company, we have managed Google for the long term — enjoying tremendous success as a result, especially since our IPO in 2004. I wanted to quote all that because these were the clear, well-publicized expectations we established for investors in 2004.

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Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

era emerged circa 2004, it really did feel like we’d discovered some kind of utopia. The truth is the mixed economy model is what has provided the greatest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen. Whether it is siphoning profits to low tax havens or reinvesting profit for growth and not paying dividends, as Amazon does.