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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. The idea is just a very small part of the reason why we are in stealth. If we are not in stealth mode, it will just draw unwanted attention. niyazpk 215 days ago | link. Shocking, I know.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

It involved building stealth aircraft to deliver these precision weapons unseen by any enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. Smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth. But this new strategy was more than making the bombs smarter. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. link] The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth | Trada Blog. [.]

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The Road Not Taken

Steve Blank

to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. And one of my conclusions was that I needed to pick one job not two. The 1970’s and ‘80’s were the endgame of the cold war, and the U.S. These technologies which allowed the U.S. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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The Story Behind the Secret History Part II. Getting B-52s through.

Steve Blank

Just to rank how difficult it was to protect a B-52 in a dense defensive radar environment, our current B-2 stealth bomber has a radar signature of about an aluminum marble, while the B-52 designed in 1950 has the radar signature of a 170-foot sphere. It was like trying to fly a whale through a fish tank and not get noticed. Now In Print!

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Subscribe via RSS On Twitter? the original: How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob marketing View admin’s Profile Subscribe via RSS [.] #10 August 11th, 2009 | Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? at 11:07 am [.]

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. To Order Outside of the U.S. Now In Print!