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.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The truth is, we operated in stealth mode for three years to make sure that our product could stand up against the solutions created by the likes of Pinterest and other monolithic companies. So, if your startup is doing something awesome, chances are, you’re going to attract creative people from name companies.

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Startup Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder 138

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Can you name all of the scripts? Where the name of every country comes from – [link]. One of the best essays on recruiting a high performing team for your startup – [link]. Avoid Decision by Indecision – [link]. A map of the world by alphabet.

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

www.startupnextdoor.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The Self-Serve Startup » 6 Tips to Choosing a Great Company/Product Name. When naming your company you’re naming your baby. So give your baby a name that will still be a good name when she’s all grown up. Choose a name where you can get the matching domain name (optimal, but not always needed).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Startups in stealth mode can’t get feedback from real customers and can’t be perceived as experts in their industry. In addition, your company and social media names are key intellectual property. In today’s world, if your startup is not visible on the Internet, you haven’t started yet.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The truth is, we operated in stealth mode for three years to make sure that our product could stand up against the solutions created by the likes of Pinterest and other monolithic companies. So, if your startup is doing something awesome, chances are, you’re going to attract creative people from name companies.

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Startup Technical Review Stealth Differentiation 129

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The name and the type have to fit, or expensive rework will be required later. Startups that operate in stealth mode until their solution is perfect usually acquire customers and investors very slowly. Here are my recommendations for establishing the right sequence: Nail down a specific problem and solution before incorporating.

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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. In many business arenas, brand-name partners and distribution are a prerequisite to scaling the business. Let me summarize the advantages of this to your startup: Immediate real customer feedback.

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Hockey Stick Startup Stealth Agile 120

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. Then again, there’s a difference between publishing a description of the idea on your website and simply announcing a name and perhaps a tag line. link] Stan James.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The truth is, we operated in stealth mode for three years to make sure that our product could stand up against the solutions created by the likes of Pinterest and other monolithic companies. So, if your startup is doing something awesome, chances are, you’re going to attract creative people from name companies.

Startup 113

Startup Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder 113

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Being in "stealth mode" is, as Wilson argues, often seen as a bad idea for startups. You get to establish name recognition. So why stay stealth? How do you define "stealth"? If that's the case, then it's difficult to make an argument that stealth mode is anything but a bad idea.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

We recently invested in Osano , which is led by the very talented Arlo Gilbert and is currently in stealth mode. By contrast, MOON is going to launch soon and is not in stealth mode at all. We went with the stealth mode approach prior to our launch, as I’ll reflect on at the bottom of this lesson. I could waste no time.

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Stealth Cofounder Los Angeles Technical Review 48

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Kol hakavod Alan Bekker, PhD and team eSelf AI for coming out of stealth with a $4.5M Great stuff Dor Sasson and team Stigg on your $17.5M series A to build the first unified monetisation platform to help SaaS startups get better at dynamic pricing! seed round to build live, interactive AI assistants!

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Israel ChatGPT Artificial Inteligence Australia 88

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Dr Jean-Paul Rodrigue , in the Department of Global Studies & Geography at Hofstra University, observed that bubbles have four phases; stealth, awareness, mania and blow-off. In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found.

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 331

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago. Since getting started in October, the board has already invested work in three startups (all in stealth mode): whoisgreen.com , burringo.com and doitinperson.com.

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Pay attention to whether people are comfortable “naming names&# in the meeting. I feel like I would have to introduce this by stealth. Why didn’t our tests/QA/immune system catch and prevent the problem? Why wasn’t it immediately obvious how to fix the problem? There’s no easy fix to this problem.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks. Serbinski has since gone on to invest in a handful of stealth startups in the gaming, mobile and location arenas. Roberts talks of social networks as mediums that may very well help your product or name attract VC attention.

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

We’re filling it with our own team , plus a couple of startups in our portfolio ( Parsely , Phone.com , some in stealth mode). At the front of the office, we’re creating an office map showing the names of our portfolio companies, and the photos of the employees that work at each.

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Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

When I think, of a “disruptor,” the first name that comes to mind is Elon Musk. Cryptocurrency is going to really disrupt banking by taking over one of its essential services, namely, secured payments. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #21- Photo Credit: Fletcher Wimbush. Thanks to David Reid, VEM Tooling ! #19- 19- Bitcoin.

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Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Andorra 77

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2011

Read our coverage of the Jobs Resignation here: Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook Named as Successor. Go Anti-Stealth. A few months ago, returning from SxSW I wrote about my concerns about the increasing percentage of business I heard that were building "stealth." The Steve Jobs Formula and Why It Works.

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Stealth API Entrepreneur Chad 159

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I list all of the companies (except one in stealth) on my blog and this includes both VC investments and angel ones. There are online resources that can help – One small hack – go to LinkedIn and do a search for the company name. I tell them “throw a dart at that list and talk to four or five of them randomly.

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Term Sheet Venture Capital Stealth Cofounder 298

www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

“Stealth Mode&# = FAIL. Again, if you’re a no-name nobody like me, you’ve gotta build a name for yourself from scratch. And remember, big names won’t care that you’re a no name when you’ve actually done something cool that people want. Your idea, as it exists today, sucks ass.

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Founder Startup Cofounder Vesting 51

Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 3, 2009

A few weeks ago, Business Week named Boston the 3rd most inventive city in the world. With over 600 patents in his name, MIT Professor Langer is second only to Thomas Edison as the most inventive American in history. He recently founded another company, Entra (currently in stealth mode), with fellow MIT Professor Michael Cima.

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Rhode Island Technical Review Massachusetts Stealth 34

K9 Ventures

JANUARY 26, 2016

“ US Navy Sea Shadow stealth craft ” by US Navy employee – [link]. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Stealth is overrated. Startups should use every opportunity to get their name out. The post Stealth is Overrated appeared first on K9 Ventures. I’ve tweeted this before….

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Stealth Silicon Valley Cofounder Portfolio 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 21, 2020

She shares her knowledge through platforms such as her YouTube channel (which currently has over 100 videos), Facebook live videos , and Stealth Health: Take Back Your Power and Unravel the Mystery of You, her first adult book. What you’ll learn if you give a listen: Where stealth ties into health. To buy Stealth Health.

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Stealth eCommerce Channel Naming 101

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Sprung in stealth mode! The Traction Slide Due to winning the alphabet lotto with my first name I began the pitches, so I got to relax and enjoy the watching others after me. One of the tips Matt suggested was to research the VC/angel panel to understand their backgrounds, business status and what things interested them.

Texas 48

Texas Austin Stealth Australia 48

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Second, I’m working on a new stealth project that enables founders to get feedback from investors in a fast and easy way. If you’re interested in testing out a way to understand if the investor market is keen on your idea, fill out this form to get in on the early beta: Name *. First Name. Email Address *. Thank you!

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Stealth Naming Hosting Founder 131

Version One Ventures

JULY 1, 2020

Cape Privacy emerged from stealth and announced a $5 million seed round , which we co-led with Boldstart Ventures. And, Trim was named as one of Business Insider’s top five budgeting apps. . Because Opyn’s platform is open and generalizable, we believe it can become one of those core primitives or “money legos” for DeFi.

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North Carolina Raleigh Stealth Seattle 148

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

I 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. So here are a few of the things you should consider when building your startup's site: Sponsor.

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Stealth Startup RSS Social Media 128

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Also known as stealth marketing, this clever tactic advertises a product in such a sneaky manner that people aren’t even aware that they’re being subjected to advertising. The fact that guerrilla marketing is low-cost doesn’t go at the expense of its quality. Undercover marketing.

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Flash Marketing Stealth Social Media 162

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 30, 2020

While it’s fair to assume we named Homebrew after [coffee, alcohol, opensource software package manager], it’s actually a tribute to the Homebrew Computer Club. Sharing versus stealth. One ask though. The HCC was a group of early PC enthusiasts who met in the 70s and 80s to just tinker, share, build.

Silicon Valley 115

Silicon Valley Stealth Florida Texas 115

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ada Support (an AI-driven customer support agent) came out of stealth and announced their seed round led by Bessemer. Clio CEO Jack Newton was named to Business in Vancouver’s 2017 Forty under 40. . It was an impressive pivot from Volley (which we pre-seeded). . Select activities from around the portfolio.

Portfolio 112

Portfolio Stealth B2B Hosting 112

VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Merchandising – t-shirts, hoodies, caps – anything you can put your name/brand on that will make fans interested is fair game. We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth). Subscription – OnlyFans, the adult content subscription platform reported that revenues surged to $2.4

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2018

All stakeholders benefiting from the outcome or involved in executing the project should be named and their needs stated during the initial project planning process. Identify by name all individuals and/or organizations involved in each deliverable or task, and describe their responsibilities in detail. Talk to your team.

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Framework Stealth Conversion Software 136

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2019

However, the biggest names in business are now turning to similar disruptive modes of marketing – from flash mobs to some spray paint. Stealth marketing can cross the line in black hat strategies. This marketing strategy has been most often used by small companies who have a limited budget. Undercover marketing.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

It applies the three competitive advantages I named to the open source world. at 1:51 pm Thanks, Rob, that’s just what I needed to read right now, while I watch the “stealth mode&# checkins of my competitors on sourceforge increase. .] #29 Rob on 08.11.09 40 Steve Hanov on 08.12.09 at 2:05 pm [.]

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Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Genuine VC

MARCH 16, 2015

Notable names like BirchBox, Blue Apron, Cloudflare, and Rent the Runway were launched by these MBA grads. On the number of founders and companies: Some people are likely in stealth mode, and haven’t self-identified themselves currently as founders, which is merely a known bias in the study. in capital. Quite the contrary.

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