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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. 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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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

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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boldstart in 2017, enterprise tech in 2018

BeyondVC

We were first check leads in 8 founding teams including Wallaroo Labs , MState (fka hyperfab ), blockdaemon , and 5 in stealth. There’s been lots of buzz for the need for a shared, distributed ledger but 2018 is the year we see production level use cases in the wild. Some call this “ambient AI” and I just call it software.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. ReadyTalk, a 15-year-old web conferencing software company, launched an internal startup.

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The End of Hyperscale Envy

Lightspeed Venture Partners

We had seen Lightspeed portfolio company Nicira disrupt networking layers 2-3 with an architecture that consisted of highly distributed scale out software elements coupled with centralized control, culminating in an acquisition by VMWare for $1.25B in the summer of 2012.

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more.