Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

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). round closed Feb 2005. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. 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.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. I think the long-tail (size in terms of market cap, revenue, employees etc – pick one doesn’t matter) is moving towards the city.

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. Founded in 2005, Mashable is headquartered in New York City with an office in San Francisco.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79