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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founding Date: 2004. Obviously most of these employees are working hard primarily for equity upside compensation, but Kayak’s personnel costs are roughly $200K/head so the company is highly productive on a per employee basis. round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. Series A Preferred.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital. What this meant for entrepreneurs and VCs was a bit more complex– the IPO market was all but closed (with the Google IPO in 2004 as a brilliant exception), but it was possible find a buyer for your company. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.)

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Master of Customer Acquisition, Matt Coffin, On Startups …

Both Sides of the Table

Selling LowerMyBills: o In 2004 he was getting a lot of call to take more money but was not interested. If you need money to even hire a developer [means you cannot even excite one person to put in some sweat equity – not a good sign about your ability to motivate people.]. Mark’s view: too much money can eliminate discipline.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

And that’s how I started my private equity business where I acquire both online and offline assets such as lead generation websites and physical real estate. I got my start when I was young—as an eBay Powerseller—and I eventually moved on to building a thriving marketing agency. Thanks to Daniel Javor, Next Luxury ! #4-

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Source: Cambridge Associates (VC) & TradingView (Equities). But what do we see from some of the more recent (but mature) vintages? Was this a lost decade for venture capital? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

During this discovery stage, entrepreneurs get to hone their business skills via training and support while typically no equity is taken from them. Started in 2004, it has helped over 500,000 startup founders to receive seed money and has raised over $1 billion in investment capital for them.

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