Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

The following are some lessons I learned about early-stage startup marketing. Where Stealth is Good – There’s a lot of discussions on the web about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not. Stealth does not mean constipated, paranoid and totally untrusting of others.

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Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year was a banner year as boldstart portfolio cos raised over $150mm of follow on capital from some of the top Series A and B investors (highlights below). First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. First check to Series A?—?congrats

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Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

We’re filling it with our own team , plus a couple of startups in our portfolio ( Parsely , Phone.com , some in stealth mode). Our portfolio company BetterWorks cites a report by The World Economic Forum: “Employees are eight times more likely to be engaged when wellness is a priority in the workplace.”

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Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments. I mean, this is a big, big thing — big change for us, so we have a bunch of stealth investments — I mean, companies that haven’t talked about what they are doing yet. Alexia Tsotsis: Let’s see, what about other companies that aren’t in your portfolio? Exactly right!

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80