Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Startups in stealth mode often have a false sense of security that they can take extra time to do the job right the first time.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode! The goal is not only to help local service-based merchants find new business but also to help them be more efficient in booking existing customers which should help with loyalty. So there you have it. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

This wallet utilizes private ring transactions, stealth addresses, and ring signatures to consolidate the amounts, sources, and the intended target of the transactions. Entire transactions are executed through a spread out consensus, and without alterations, they are registered on the blockchain.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The company was backed by Grove Ventures in an undisclosed round (still in stealth, so not much information available yet). Deepchecks, still in stealth ( source ). Deepchecks.com – focus on warning organisations before their deployed AI systems make bad calls using proprietary predictive analytics algorithms.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

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.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The monitoring app will run in stealth mode on the device, monitoring all Telegram chat conversations and messages in secret. The app runs in stealth mode and does not show any visible notifications or alerts on the monitored device. Here’s how: Install the TheOneSpy app on the target device.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 This is the startup’s second round, coming to a total of $19 million to date. eXelate eXchange was launched in 2008 and includes some of the world’s leading publishers. Founded by CEO Meir (Iri) Zohar, eXalate has offices in New York and Kfar Saba, Israel.

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deal architect

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

I have known Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor for going on 2 decades now. He was a polymath way before I wrote a book celebrating them. He has computer science and law degrees in addition to an MBA.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

It was Steve who first brought Will Harvey to visit Immersion, which led to a strategic investment in There.com, Will’s stealth-mode but sure-fire, can’t-miss startup. I was lucky to be one of the very early people at Immersion and met Steve when he came on as one of our first board members. Present at the Creation.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Lenny recently sent me this direct message on Twitter: hey ryan, I got hired on as a short-term consultant for a stealth startup… so random. Despite Lenny’s relatively small following and infrequent blogging routine, he has built himself a strong, long-lasting resume. And it paid off. They saw my blog. Blog to build.

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The Next Web

MARCH 10, 2013

Hasty is a seed-funded stealth startup whose mission is to improve the health of humanity. This is a guest post by Chris Hollindale, co-founder and CTO of Hasty. If you’re an entrepreneur, you’re probably measuring everything you possibly can about your business and your product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

Investors avoid startups that are in stealth mode, long development cycles, and an inflexible business model. The lean startup methodology, popularized by Eric Ries about ten years ago, expedites new business success through iterative solution cycles, focused business experiments, and validated learning.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The company emerged from stealth in November 2016 and announced a $100 million investment round from Sir Ronald Cohen, Lloyd Dorfman, OCAPAC Holding Company, and Horizons Ventures. Cognata (2017) – still in stealth, Cognata is developing Artificial Intelligence simulation engines for automated vehicles.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2018

BRAVA Investment Launches Stealth Female Project. Fertility is a major issue and so Stealth Female Project is a startup that advertises innovative approaches to women’s fertility issues. If you are interested in startups to watch out for in 2018, here are three that should interest you.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

As Ada Support launches its automated chat platform from stealth and announces an impressive $2.5 million seed round, we’re looking back at our journey with founders Mike Murchison and David Hariri. The story underscores the importance of perseverance and having the right founding team.

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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]. Entrepreneur Chris Dixon posts on why its really not that dangerous to share your super-stealth idea with other people: There are [.]. link] Stealth mode is back.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2010

We’ve been having a running joke within Foundry Group for several years about “stealth mode.” My partner Seth alludes to it in his blog post a few years back titled To stealth or not to stealth. Niel wrote a brilliant post on this titled The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth. You should also.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2011

In my last post on ReadWriteStart, I talked about how, in many cases, it wasn't an advantage to build your start-up in stealth mode. As a continuation of that theme, I thought it would be interesting to explore five tools you can use to iterate and improve your startup idea before writing one line of code.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 7, 2024

The round also features […] The post GROWL Emerges from Stealth, Raises $4.75 The startup has secured investment from a diverse group of venture capital firms and notable athletes, including lead investor Skip Capital, Teampact.ventures, and Kima Ventures.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2015

The following are some of the threats that startups have failed to protect their networks and critical infrastructure against: Advanced persistent threats : These are attacks in which hackers carefully spread the implant, and enter the corporate network in stealth mode, spreading their agents and extracting data.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode since the middle of 2010 and is making its debut at this year’s conference in Austin. The company’s current ad campaign has Square directly in its target as it showcases the use of the company's technology platform by some industry heavyweights.

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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.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Type IIA is popular due to its low weight and stealth. It is not visible to others and can protect against certain types of pistols. However, melee weapons can cause significant damage to the user. It is comfortable to wear under a jacket and does not restrict the wearer’s movements at all.

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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. Simplicity is preferred at this stage. Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. In today’s world, if your startup is not visible on the Internet, you haven’t started yet.

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The Next Web

JUNE 7, 2013

The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them. But with mentoring and show and tell behind them, today is the day they get to pitch their ideas to investors, so, here are details of seven of the startups.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

We know a lot of founders in this space choose to remain in stealth and expect the actual number of Israeli startups working on generative AI to be much larger and grow quickly. We made two new investments in this space which are still in stealth. In just a couple of months the current version includes 68 startups.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Yes, there is certainly risk in this perspective and there is a logical set of reasoning for operating in stealth mode. First, this copycat threat leaves entrepreneurs hesitating to share their startup idea and early experiments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Startups that operate in stealth mode until their solution is perfect usually acquire customers and investors very slowly. Even before you build a product, you should be interacting with potential customers in person, and through social media. Accumulate customer advocates, testimonials and “letters of intent.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Startups in stealth mode often have a false sense of security that they can take extra time to do the job right the first time.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2024

Planning for a startup exit from “stealth mode” is a lot like planning a big party. The post Give Your Startup A Shot: 7 Things To Do Before Exiting “Stealth Mode” appeared first on Young Upstarts. You have to do many, many things — more than you realize — to ensure it goes smoothly.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Are there benefits for a startup to work in “stealth&# mode? Creating Urgency in Your Sales Copy – [link]. To Succeed, Don’t Obsess About Reasons You Might Fail – [link]. micah says not for all – [link]. Book Review: Rework (a fresh perspective on business by @jasonfried & @dhh of @37signals ) – [link].

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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, we stayed quiet and we tested and retested before we opened our mouths.

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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. Iterating this process, until you see some real traction, is far less risky and expensive than the big-bang rollout. Let me summarize the advantages of this to your startup: Immediate real customer feedback.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Startups in stealth mode often have a false sense of security that they can take extra time to do the job right the first time. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The downside is that, unlike past DoD technology development – where the DoD leads it, can control it, and has the most advanced technology (like stealth and electronic warfare), in most cases the DoD will not have the most advanced algorithms or models. The analogy for AI is closer to microelectronics than it is EW.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

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. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. First check to Series B?—?congrats First check to Series A?—?congrats

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