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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Last week ZipCar began trading and has a market cap of about $1 billion. 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). Quinstreet priced at $15.00/sh

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. .

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Why Twitter is A Media Company ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

March 18, 2012. Here’s why: Virtually all of Twitter’s revenue comes from advertising. And Twitter CRO Adam Bain is focused primarily on growing this advertising base. Most mass market usage of Twitter is by and for the media and celebrities. Twitter’s data is valuable primarily for advertising.

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

Agile VC

February 2, 2012. Filing Date : February 1, 2012. How They Make Money : Facebook’s primary revenue stream is of course selling advertising on Facebook.com, which in total accounts for 85% of revenue. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups.

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Looking Backwards and Forwards – NextView in 2013 and the Year Ahead

Rob Go

We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. We also have a pretty broad range of syndicates that we are a part of. We’ve been looking at advertising related investments since the inception of the firm.

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Never Say No to Networking

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by Kathryn Minshew | 9:00 AM October 18, 2012. In thirty days, I went from no relationships at Yahoo to three warm introductions to power players who could make my desired content syndication partnership happen. Previous The Marketing of a President. The Marketing of a President. Advertise with Us. The Magazine.

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How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business

mashable.com

World Featured in US & World Videos Featured: Facebook CES 2012 Awards. January 16, 2012 by Nellie Akalp. One creative marketing consultant selected a variant of the name Agora for her business, loving the connection to the ancient Greek word agora , meaning marketplace. January 16, 2012 14:04:54. Abstract or dead simple?

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