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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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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. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ยป.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

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Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Filed under Uncategorized. Pingback: Iphone Android App.

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Marching through quicksand

Startup Lessons Learned

Seed-stage investors are learning the metrics of traction, and are getting better at identifying those companies that are really achieving validated learning about customers. Most publishers are still caught up in an outdated “vision vs. metrics&# argument, which is already obsolete here in Silicon Valley.

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Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That's Never - AgileVC

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Both are building on top of the existing credit card infrastructure because as Swipely Founder/CEO Angus Davis points out, millions of people are walking around with a mobile payment device in their pocket… it’s called a credit card. I’d be happy to co-author with you. Any thoughts? link] leehower. Read More ยป.

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Startup Resources

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.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Fenwick & West Seed Investment Standard Forms,ร‚ used by most angels. TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents รข?? Seed Stage Valuation Guide.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Multiply that by literally a couple thousand, and that’s what 2013 is going to look like in Silicon Valley, and to a lesser degree some other startup ecosystems. “There are so many companies in Silicon Valley that have raised $30 million and done absolutely nothing with it.” Now it’s glutted.