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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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Taking it from an investor perspective (not me, angels) I think it’s totally unfair to see early angels invest, take more risk, help you get to the next level through both sweat & money, and then pay a higher price because the round had a convertible note with no cap.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

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paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). 5) High Productivity: Kayak had 148 employees at the end of 2010. That means that Kayak generates roughly $1.15M in revenue for each employee which puts it in the same league as Google and Apple (both >$1M/head).

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. In my next post I’ll talk about using social proof in getting customer traction. We all want authorities who are smarter on specific topics than we are. So what are you waiting for? Go get your anchors.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. And wants to structure a huge payout for the employees that will remain. I know many rank-and-file employees. But evidence suggests otherwise. Does Yahoo!

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

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Mint is the best way to manage your money. Go there now » Sign up or log in to mint.com Updates Drop Your Debt to Win 2 comments How To The Top 5 Customer Complaint Letters — And What You Can Learn From Them 5 comments Investing In Graphics: What Is a Stock? 2 comments Mint Life Know your money. Live your life.

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Take Five – how shut are the venture markets right now?

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According to new research by Pitchbook , the trickle down effect has already started in seed and series A startups with round sizes and valuations shrinking in size compared to 2021. But recently those round sizes and valuations have tumbled to about $10 million and $50 million, respectively, he said.

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90 Things I've Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies

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It’s not about you, it’s about your customers. At Fab we have been focused from day 1 on making our customers smile. If we don’t enjoy working with someone - an employee, a partner, whomever - we’re just not going to do it. It’s not about you, part 2. Don’t work with people you don’t love. It’s that important. Fire fast.?.