Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Make Money: Majority of Kayak’s revenue actually comes from advertising on their site (55%), not lead generation or referral fees to travel suppliers as you might think (more on this below). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $170 million. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Apple under Cook has doubled its revenues to $200 billion while doubling profit and tripling the amount of cash it has in the bank (now a quarter of trillion dollars). Lessons Learned.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2016

If the Microsoft board was managing for quarter to quarter or even year to year revenue growth, Ballmer was as good as it gets as a CEO. Apple under Cook has doubled its revenues to $200 billion while doubling profit and tripling the amount of cash it has in the bank (now a quarter of trillion dollars). Lessons Learned.

Azure 120

Azure Business Model Cloud Artificial Inteligence 120

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s a bit like if you bought a $1 million home in 2007 and want to sell it for $1 million today. It will usually be higher because the liquidation preference has a dividend so if the deal is long in the tooth assume that the liquidation preference might be $20-22 million. Let’s say the company had raised $15 million.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Dividend 289

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Go ahead and laugh, but over 95% of Moon River Software’s revenue this year has been from consulting services. The software I sell has made up less than 5% of total revenue in the past 12 months. Selling the company will result in a one time payoff, but owning the company can pay dividends for years.

Software Review 40

Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

In 2007, I met Rob May for the first time in person at the first SXSW I ever went to. In 2010, I funded his company, Backupify , which has gone on to raise over $19 million in funding and is set to have their best year of revenue to date. I didn''t meet Rob at a big flashy party.

Dividend 114

Dividend Viral Community Austin 114

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The dividend tax for all eligible companies in all areas will be set at 15%. billion in 2007. Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) had revenue of $43.6 Powermat was founded in 2007 and has sold in excess of 750,000 products since its launch, rapidly establishing its niche as an industry leader. Intel Israel exported $2.7

Architecture 92

Architecture Dividend Minneapolis 92