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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

Everybody has known that for awhile, even without perusing a prospectus. Since inception this lodging marketplace (note 1) has enabled 825 million guest stays in over 200 countries with a cumulative booking value of more than $110 billion.

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John Mack on the inside of the financial crisis

VC Adventure

He introduces himself and picks up the conference phone: “Barbara [I'm making that up - I can't remember his assistant's name], Seth Levine is on his way up – can you please make him comfortable in my office.&# Reading (or trying to read, at least) and mark up a prospectus.

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One Little Ice Cream Cart That’s About to Have Big Growth

Up and Running

People in Eugene loved it,” Red Wagon says in a funding prospectus (more on that in a bit). “In Red Wagon has been named “Best of Eugene Frozen Treats” by local newspaper “Eugene Weekly,” and their ice creams have been featured in food blogs and magazines such as “Sunset” and AAA’s “Via.”

Oregon 60
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Don’t Pitch A Venture Capitalist Without This Checklist

David Teten

The cover note should include: name, website, location, revenues (if any), detailed financing history (if any), and precise terms on which you are seeking to raise capital. Naming your file “Pitch.ppt” does not make you look thoughtful, considerate, or organized. ” Investors value getting a sense of your expectations.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry.

IPO 110
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John Mack on the inside of the financial crisis

VC Adventure

He introduces himself and picks up the conference phone: “Barbara [I’m making that up – I can’t remember his assistant’s name], Seth Levine is on his way up – can you please make him comfortable in my office.” Reading (or trying to read, at least) and mark up a prospectus.

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Transcript And MP3 Of My $180,000 Website Flipping Presentation

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

All of you people who haven’t seen my blog, please remember my name or that website address. I changed the name, by the way, to MTGParadise.com. His name is Kai Budde. domain names to each other. But for all this to happen, a really key point is to have a really good prospectus. In 2004 I began blogging.