Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Come with a product built and a proven business model. Startups in stealth mode can’t get feedback from real customers and can’t be perceived as experts in their industry. In the interest of getting you off on the right foot, here is my priority list of recommended preparation activities. Simplicity is preferred at this stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. Business and financial status. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. Business and financial status. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. Business and financial status. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link]. The danger of waiting to long to find a business model? The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. Want Venture Capital Funding? Why We’re Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first – [link].

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

Outside of life-sciences, we’ve noticed something interesting emerging: There is a huge dearth of seed capital for health care services and software-driven health-tech companies. Many of these founders are creating businesses that are an ambitious blend of data, software, and services.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

by Brent Freeman , co-founder and president of Stealth Venture Labs. Brent is also an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Crosscut Ventures , a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, where he advises on customer acquisition, digital marketing, and consumer internet investments.

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