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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. .

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. Using this capital , the founders launched and enjoyed exponential growth in their first year, with 10K users and thousands of listings. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

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A Tale of Profit First Success from Sherri Tafoya, President & founder of Custom Blinds & Design

Mike Michalowicz

So when Sherri Tafoya, President and Founder of Customs Blinds & Design contacted us raving about the system, we asked her to share her experience and she graciously obliged. I started this in business part-time, in 2000, loaded with a prayer and a fully stocked min-van. Fast forward to 2020 . I have no credit card debt.

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

We could either have the name represent our service, represent our values, represent us as founders, or just be a word without any other associations. (We We dug in deep looking for names that would somehow represent some part of us as founders. We began by creating multiple categories to start filling with ideas.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #8: Bootstrap or VC?

Austin Startup

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. Still in business today and run by my co-founder. to date from some of the best, including most recently Workday and others. Almost too much so.

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Will Meta’s Metaverse efforts survive the latest setbacks?

VC Cafe

Disclaimer: I’m not a stock market analyst and this is not commentary on the performance of Meta in the public market. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and CEO. But the recent blows were self inflicted, and they affect the company’s future growth plan: the Metaverse. The potential for the Metaverse remains huge.

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