View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. independently come to launch very similar products/services. Another d2c gourmet pet food company ?

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Startup Cofounder Stealth 120

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. One concern I might have with doing this is that you are competing for ad space with your competitors. By putting yourself directly in their space you are alerting them to your emergence as a threat.

Demand 167

Demand San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment 167

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Labels: five whys root cause analysis , product development 15comments: Anonymoussaid. I feel like I would have to introduce this by stealth. Leave your thoughts in a comment. If you’ve tried Five Whys, please share your experiences so far. I’ll do my best to help.) Great article as always, Eric.

San Francisco 164

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. In this age of total access via the Internet, you can’t hide relationships, or the lack of them. Build relationships with known business leaders.

Stealth 362

Stealth Leadership Viral Social Media 362

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.

Lean 60

Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment Cofounder 60

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

I appreciate the thought and care that went into The Farmstand, a product developed by Zooey Deschanel and Jacob Pechenik that enables buyers to garden fresh vegetables without pesticides and less water than conventional gardening. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #21- Thanks to Richard Mews, Sell With Richard ! #14-

Artificial Inteligence 77

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Andorra 77

VC Cafe

APRIL 9, 2010

Benchmark Capital and existing investors including Mangrove Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners funded the round for future product development, likely for iPad related Flash content (more here ). An undisclosed round in stealth startup ToyToyToy, which offers an online service that links websites for actual toys.

Israel 68

Israel Venture Capital LLC LP 68