crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Sequoia Confirms Existence of “Stealth” Scout Program. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Crowdsourcing taps public for work, money, ideas – [link]. Early Startup Time Wasters – [link]. Who’s Next? – [link].

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Apple ‘s first AI server chip to be engineered in Israel and Amazon s supercomputer and server technology is powered by Israeli Annapurna Labs , which was acquired in 2016. Kol hakavod Alan Bekker, PhD and team eSelf AI for coming out of stealth with a $4.5M I’m excited to play a small role with Remagine Ventures.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

We were first check leads in 8 founding teams including Wallaroo Labs , MState (fka hyperfab ), blockdaemon , and 5 in stealth. 2 exits including yhat (sold to AlteryxAYX NYSE) and init.ai , one an early investment in a data science platform and the other on NLP for developers. Some call this ambient AI and I just call it software.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

We were first check leads in 8 founding teams including Wallaroo Labs , MState (fka hyperfab ), blockdaemon , and 5 in stealth. In other words, today is the slowest rate of technological change you will ever experience in your life and doing nothing is worse than doing something. 2 exits including yhat (sold to Alteryx?

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

The Differentiators The areas that kill the most time when consuming open source software are: Installation process Documentation Support Usability I’m sure we can all point out a handful of open source projects that have decent documentation and decent usability. " (tags: opensource software programming business marketing) [.] #40

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

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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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 13, 2014

Unbeknownst to the rest of the world because it was in deep stealth, GM was trying to create what we now know as the mobile Web with the world’s largest telecom service providers and consumer electronics companies based on GM’s technology. We would have invested had they been looking to start a food truck.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

Crowdfunding works for creative projects - apps, consumer products, software - that resonate with average, everyday people. What crowdfunding is not typically best for is something very technological in nature or B-to-B oriented. SS: You have to be strategic because there’s no stealth mode. That’s what you’re competing with.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. One of the best essays on recruiting a high performing team for your startup – [link]. Avoid Decision by Indecision – [link].

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

If you want to build a business that requires software, be prepared to invest a little money. I recently met a junior software developer working for $200/week + room & board at a business geeks house. The business geek needed a working software prototype and the programmer needed experience. Happy Holidays!

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