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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. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Founding Date: 2004. Series A Preferred.

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It's a startup, not a spreadsheet

Startup Lessons Learned

When the project winds up getting cancelled for failing to meet its ROI justification, it’s natural for the entrepreneur to feel like it was the CFO – and their innovation-sucking spreadsheet – that is the real cause. Just because entrepreneurs tend to forget about these models doesn’t mean their investors do.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF TECHSTARS AUSTIN

Austin Startup

Joining Schwartzfarb on the panel will be Kurt Rathmann, CPA (CEO of Scalefactor), Rob Taylor (CEO of Convey) and Monica Landers (CEO of Storyfit). I’ve spent my entire career helping to build early stage companies and I feel very fortunate to share my experience with founders everywhere.” Also on Sept. MT / 11 a.m. CT / 12 p.m.

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Business ecology and the four customer currencies

Startup Lessons Learned

In an ecosystem, each participant acts according to its own imperatives, but these selfish actions have an aggregate effect. Startup founders need to use their own judgment to ask: which is the riskiest assumption underlying my business plan? Founders struggle with this question. Successful startups don’t.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner with questions about funding your small business? I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost as long as I can remember. My founders and I started the company about three years ago.