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Essay: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

The Theory of Kirzner (1973-2005) about entrepreneurship explains how the improvement of economic health affects individuals in the first world. Entrepreneurs Create and Distribute Wealth. Each new business launched has an impact on an economy and affect people around it.

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What’s a Fair 409A Discount?

VC Adventure

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

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The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

The Startup Magazine

The Theory of Kirzner (1973-2005) about entrepreneurship explains how the improvement of economic health affects individuals in the first world. Entrepreneurs Create and Distribute Wealth. Each new business launched has an impact on an economy and affect people around it.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

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. round closed Feb 2005. Series B Preferred.

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Oksana?s Story: Geoffrey Frost

Austin Startup

THE IMPORTANCE OF GENDER PARTNERSHIP ‘The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.’ Geoffrey used to quote William Gibson: “The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed”. Geoffrey passed away on November 17, 2005, but to this day I use the lessons and inspirations from him daily.

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On Supercities, Economic Growth, and Income Inequality in a Post-COVID World

Ben's Blog

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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VC Evolution: Physician, Scale Thyself.

500hats.com

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. A few years before all this scandalous VC behavior occurred, in 2005 Paul Graham ) started Y Combinator. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital. Mega VC, Micro VC.