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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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Founding Date: 2004. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. round closed in June 2004. 1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

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While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo!

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. If you’ve been following along, I’m not always happy about how the industry operates and I plan to be even more forthright about my takes given the benefit of some distance going forward.

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5 Myths About Building A Successful Brand And Business

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Explore content syndication opportunities to expand the reach of your blog posts. Some real-life examples of this include: Martha Stewart, whose company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, suffered and never fully recovered after she was found guilty in 2004 of charges related to insider trading.

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What Are Pre-Seed Rounds and Why Do They Exist?

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For reference, First Round Capital and Softech were founded in 2004 (although they were less institutional early on), Floodgate in 2006, Harrison Metal in 2008, etc. This has allowed these firms to invest larger amounts at the later end of the seed spectrum, and some have even started to lead or syndicate Series A rounds with others.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

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Founded : Spring 2004, incorporated July 2004. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. To put that in perspective, Facebook’s overall operations (which are highly profitable) generated about $1.5 Facebook, Inc. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.

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Tech IPOs Are Back ? So Now What? ? AGILEVC

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But even during the macroeconomic boom of 2004 to early 2008 (inflated by various credit bubbles – housing, sovereign debt, LBOs) tech IPOs were extremely rare and then the global economic crisis of late 2008 – 2010 only further dampened hopes for a recovery. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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