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Blogging is the new resume: Why less is not always more

The Next Web

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. It’s a Long-Term Investment - It’s highly unlikely your first, second, third, or 50th post will “go viral.” And it paid off. They saw my blog. Blog to build.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

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? You mention social / viral aspects at both Google Photos and United Online. What are you working on now? Earlier this year I founded a new startup called KlickFu.

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

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. It’s a San Francisco Bay Area forum for networking, jobs and education for over 500 Product Management professionals.

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

I too would be concerned about false negatives, but perhaps this strategy could be integrated into a broader market research strategy that included user engagement, viral marketing, etc which would all be quantifiable under the Google analytics. A very interesting strategy. Im defiantly going to give it a shot on my next project!

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Startup Investor Makes a Deal: Engineers for Equity

mashable.com

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. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity.

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5 Keys To An Unbeatable Solution For Your New Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Many entrepreneurs are reluctant to expose their idea to others early, often called stealth mode, for fear of it being stolen. Pervasive communication to your market is always required, including ads, trade shows, viral videos, and online influencer courting. Two heads are better than one.

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

1 A viral launch page. If you can’t get into LaunchRock, take a look at Launch Effect , a viral ready WordPress theme. #2 3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.”