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The Startup Copycat Fallacy

View from Seed

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. Rather than just a harmless, misplaced attitude, this copycat fallacy can be a detriment to seed stage founders for two reasons.

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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and That’s a Mistake

View from Seed

And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore.

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. 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. congrats to Blockdaemon on their seed round led by Comcast Ventures and Wallaroo Labs on its seed led by RRE Ventures.

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Israeli Startups and Marketing – 5 Questions with an Experienced CMO

VC Cafe

What’s the best advice or practical tips you have for founders with regards to marketing and branding at seed stage? Many founders concentrate on perfecting their product, adding revolutionary features, and staying in stealth mode to avoid the competition.

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Twitter Link Roundup #74 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Seed Stage Valuation Guide – [link]. Difficult is good (about working with “difficult&# entrepreneurs) – [link]. Avoid Decision by Indecision – [link]. Good summary of #EntUngpluggd event (by @yongshuling) – [link].

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

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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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Superfish’s first prototype, Window Shopper , launched in April, after several years of being in stealth. Superfish , an Israeli startup developing image-based search engine, has annouced a third round of $3.4 venturebeat ]. Headway is using the funding to develop robotic physiotherapy equipment. Calcalist Hebrew ].