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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. 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.

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How to Raise a Seed Round: Three Basic Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

The way the investor thinks about it is that, if you can’t figure out your way to network your way to [an investor],… then you’re unlikely to be able to network your way into hiring a great team, or network your way into selling your product to customers. (at www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOR0AJsziE. v=NEOR0AJsziE.

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Then you can gradually transformyourself from a consulting company into a product company, and haveyour clients pay your development expenses. To be a startup, a company hasto be a product business, not a service business. Custom work doesnt scale. Some angel investors join together in syndicates.

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

Are you able to explain why your product is a compelling purchase for the customer, and how the customer will make buying decisions? What is being replaced by this new product?) We don’t like them and would prefer not to be involved. Preferred Stock is the most usual form of investment today.