Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Evaluate customer response prior to development. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

This wallet utilizes private ring transactions, stealth addresses, and ring signatures to consolidate the amounts, sources, and the intended target of the transactions. Good news, the development team has sorted various technical issues, hence investors may use this wallet with much ease. . Main features of MyMonero. Lightweight.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

It uses new words to define programming steps, job descriptions, development tools, etc. People (programmers) write software code (programming) to develop applications, thinking a priori about all the rules, logic and knowledge that need to be built in to an application so that it can deliver a specific result.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. In 1962 Wheelon left for a new job as the first director of the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology where he was responsible for development of OXCART , the A-12 Spyplane, and three major satellite reconnaissance systems.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

It was Steve who first brought Will Harvey to visit Immersion, which led to a strategic investment in There.com, Will’s stealth-mode but sure-fire, can’t-miss startup. We didn’t know it at the time, but with that investment we had paid for front-row VIP seats to witness the origins of Customer Development and the Lean Startup.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? What are you working on now? For me, it's a matter of degree.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Innovid has developed an interactive pre-roll ad format called iRoll, that encourages users to click on moving objects with the interactive ads before watching the video. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 Innovid raised $4.1 Led by Tal Halozin and Zvika Netter, Innovid raised $7.1

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The Next Web

MARCH 10, 2013

Hasty is a seed-funded stealth startup whose mission is to improve the health of humanity. This productive, uninterrupted “flow time” is crucial for the developers and designers in a small company (as an example, Asana recently announced that they have a “ No Meeting Wednesdays ” rule to encourage flow time).

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

GitHub can be a fantastic resume for software developers. Lenny recently sent me this direct message on Twitter: hey ryan, I got hired on as a short-term consultant for a stealth startup… so random. And this is where GitHub shines. The open platform showcases candidates’ creations, free to inspect and critique. And it paid off.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The company emerged from stealth in November 2016 and announced a $100 million investment round from Sir Ronald Cohen, Lloyd Dorfman, OCAPAC Holding Company, and Horizons Ventures. Provides real-time access to data insights based on the collaborative knowledge of system administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers throughout the world.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

want to sidestep the argument about whether or not it's good to be " stealth " or not, and work with the assumption that if you've purchased the domain name, you're going to put up some sort of website. development is the proliferation of web Apps (e.g. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of the full interview.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

Develop the right mentoring relationships. Investors avoid startups that are in stealth mode, long development cycles, and an inflexible business model. Business success is all about two-way communication, between you and your customers, investors, partners, and internally between team members.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Oops - there went several precious weeks of development effort down the drain. And if you dont know who your customer is, perhaps some customer development is in order? Labels: customer development , search engine marketing 13comments: Jim Lindstrom said. What is customer development? What a great post.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Stealth Mode Startup. Let me add another reason to that list: it isnt always that hard to figure out what a stealth-mode startup is really doing. Im at a tradeshow in Dallas this week, and we were visited by some very bright people from a stealth-mode startup. buy it on Amazon. (in)Frequently in)Frequently Asked Questions.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

As Ada Support launches its automated chat platform from stealth and announces an impressive $2.5 With Mike and David ferociously developing product and doing sales, they launched the Ada bot with early customers like Medium, Kik and Wattpad. The story underscores the importance of perseverance and having the right founding team.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2011

In my last post on ReadWriteStart, I talked about how, in many cases, it wasn't an advantage to build your start-up in stealth mode. While there are a lot of online survey tools, the nice thing about this tool is it has developed a great network of respondents (or "panel" in market research parlance) who you can target for response.

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The Next Web

JUNE 7, 2013

The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them. Developed in-house over the course of the last two years, TaxiCast is set to launch in the UK on June 25. TaxiCast by London-based BrightMove Media wants to revolutionize advertising on taxis. Playground Energy .

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Hopefully by that time you’ve developed the idea much further and in much greater detail – by talking to as many people as possible. Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. Share: [link] Jerry Ji.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2015

Also, if it’s a company where the owner is wearing the hat of the CIO, information security officer, manager, web developer, and he’s managing everything because he is a startup owner, that person’s business is at a high risk of being a victim to cyber crime activity. Why are startups so exposed?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2012

Recently rated by GigaOM as one of the 10 Austin Startups You Need to Meet at SXSW 2012, SubtleData is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) company that provides mobile app and mobile web developers with iPad enclosures, back-end software for retail apps and integrated payment processing.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

We are seeing Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta rushing to integrate generative AI features into their products for consumers, enterprises and developers, and every week we learn of new mega rounds into AI research teams looking to bring generative AI technology to every field, from health to education, commerce, entertainment, etc.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

It allows teams to diagnose sources of waste in their development process and continuously improve, reversing the usual trend of teams getting slower over time. These problems can be anything: development mistakes, site outages, marketing program failures, or even internal missed schedules. My experience is: usually not.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. Some of these themes include privacy/ML, next gen CMS, intelligent automation, and developer productivity. congrats to Fortress IQ on its $12mm Series A led by Lightspeed and a stealth co on their $13.5mm Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. Some of these themes include privacy/ML, next gen CMS, intelligent automation, and developer productivity. First check to Series Acongrats to Fortress IQ on its $12mm Series A led by Lightspeed and a stealth co on their $13.5mm Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

But a decade earlier as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, he was the father of the second offset strategy using software and semiconductors to build smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth aircraft that helped end the Cold War. In Slide 2 the team made progress on developing their MVP. It’s a ton of work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Six Myths of Product Development – [link]. Six Myths of Product Development – [link]. Sequoia Confirms Existence of “Stealth” Scout Program. 15 Useful Chrome Extensions For Designers And Developers – [link]. 22 HTML5/CSS3/jQuery Tutorials for Frontend Web Developers – [link]. Who’s Next?

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As a seed stage VC, I have a unique privilege of confidentially spending time with a number of entrepreneurs throughout their company formation and initial product development process. Yes, there is certainly risk in this perspective and there is a logical set of reasoning for operating in stealth mode.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. 20 Useful Tools For Designer and Developers – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 10 Fresh Tools For Web Designers And Developers – [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Are there benefits for a startup to work in “stealth&# mode? Essential Guidelines for Featured Content in Web Design – [link]. 34 Various Templates And PSDs To Ease Daily Workflow – [link].

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Startups which insist on operating in stealth mode in fear of competitor response miss the more important customer response. A soft launch is less stressful to the team and lets them more gradually re-acclimate from a development environment to a delivery environment. Time to train and prepare staff to deal with customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Evaluate customer response prior to development. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Evaluate customer response prior to development. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

bigs : @ericries says Stealth dev is a (undesirable, failure-presaging) customer-free zone. LeanStartup Of course, a big enabler of those kinds of mistakes is stealth-mode. Another recent meme that I hope more and more startups will take to heart: "stealth is a customer-free zone." Use some customer development to find out.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Despite the odds being stacked against you, you learned the full range of abilities required to run a business and develop something. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents! #13- Only the domain knowledge of technology and development won’t suffice. It was made by you. Thanks to Sam Browne, Find a Band! #7- 7- Flexibility of work.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayserian sees what he calls “angel developing&# as a way for entrepreneurs to accomplish the same end — a product — without giving up control of their companies in the process. Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation. But operating in stealth mode, or waiting for that perfect investor to find you, or feeling entitled, is even less effective. Looking in the right place for the wrong investor won’t help you.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

They explained they were building it "stealth". Interestingly, very active angel and COO at Square , Keith Rabois weighted in on Quora in response to the question: "What are some concrete reasons for *actively* stealthing a startup?" Saying you are a "stealth" company with no details certainly doesn't leave much to go on.

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