David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 2) Market .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Now that Google’s acquisition of ITA is closed, following lenghty FTC review, it would appear Kayak is poised to proceed with their IPO in the coming months. =. Kayak Software Corporation. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

VCs are much morelikely to make angel-sized investments than they were a year ago.And meanwhile the past year has seen a dramatic increase in a newtype of investor: the super-angel, who operates like an angel, butusing other peoples money, like a VC. 13 ]Im not saying option pools themselves will go away.

Startup 93

Startup Valuation Non-Compete Deal Flow 93

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Most startups operate close to themargin of failure, and the distraction of having to deal with clientscould be enough to put you over the edge.

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76