genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

What's Your Founder Superpower? Stealth Mode. I’ve recently been introduced to a number of startups that are operating in “stealth mode,” and have been thinking about what to make of this fact. To completely dismiss a company as making a poor decision because it is in stealth mode is off the mark. Seven Founding Sins.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Moderator Matt with 4 relieved Founders Weekly 5 am Skype calls began and I’d jump online blurry-eyed to see a bunch of smiling faces who’d already put in big work days. Sprung in stealth mode! It was so wonderful to know that three other founders, keen to progress their own businesses, were so supportive of me doing the same.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For more details, here’s founder/CEO Jevon MacDonald’s blog. If you’re interested in learning more, here’s a post from Gencove founder Joe Pickrell making the case on why it’s time to switch from genotyping technologies to sequencing technologies. Clio CEO Jack Newton was named to Business in Vancouver’s 2017 Forty under 40. .

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Merchandising – t-shirts, hoodies, caps – anything you can put your name/brand on that will make fans interested is fair game. If you’re a founder in the creator economy with a fresh take on these issues, we’d love to hear from you! We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

If you think about it, most of the influential names in the entrepreneur world today, including Elon Musk and Richard Branson, have each started many companies, learning from each, and fully recognizing that not all are destined to be remembered. I’m now convinced that serious entrepreneurs relish the startup process more than success.

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View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2015

Startups and their founders who claim to be in “stealth mode” prior to launch are such a commonplace part of the startup ecosystem that it might seem odd to question its merits. But it’s important to address this head on and ask: What are the benefits of stealth mode for startups, really? .

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Genuine VC

MARCH 16, 2015

A couple weeks ago my colleague Dimitri Dadiomov published a post on NextView’s “View From Seed” blog which answered the question “Should we take Harvard MBAs Seriously as Startup Founders?” From the group, over 260 founders have launched around 90 startups, raising more than $2.5B in capital. Quite the contrary.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

So, if youre interested in helping avoid mistakes like that, here are the steps: Get a domain name. It doesnt have to be the worlds catchiest name, just pick something reasonably descriptive. If youre concerned about sullying your eventual brand name, dont use your "really good" name, pick a code name.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. You can probably think of household names in each of those categories.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I was recently speaking with some founders about their fund raising process. I list all of the companies (except one in stealth) on my blog and this includes both VC investments and angel ones. There are online resources that can help – One small hack – go to LinkedIn and do a search for the company name.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

by Lihi Pinto Fryman, Co-Founder and CMO of Syte. 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. You will obviously benefit from their talent and collaboration, but also, you can name drop!

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

By Lihi Pinto Fryman, Co-Founder and CMO of Syte. 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. You will obviously benefit from their talent and collaboration, but also, you can name drop!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

by Lihi Pinto Fryman, Co-Founder and CMO of Syte. 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. You will obviously benefit from their talent and collaboration, but also, you can name drop!

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Austin Startup

MARCH 25, 2010

In the new entrants category is a company from Austin’s Star Nine Ventures named WhoLinkstoMe ( [link] ). But at night (and weekends, and every other free cognitive moment), he is the chief evangelist and founder of this start-up design school. Lots going on here, from established players (like Comscore) to new entrants.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. You need a Co-Founder, not an Engineering Bitch. Treat everyone you hire like a co-founder. “Stealth Mode&# = FAIL.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

But before your startup signs up and cashes that $[XX,000] check, your startup’s co-founders should sit down and evaluate the incubator’s offer. Most incubators take common stock and sit “side-by-side&# with the founders, but some may want some (weak) preferred stock and/or dilution protection.

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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. Orcam was created by the founders of Mobileye (NYSE: MBLY and one of Israel’s largest IPOs ), Prof. The company has no public URL yet.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Going to business school and becoming a startup founder are often positioned as conflicting choices by the media and startup bloggers. Some go as far as stating, flat out, that MBAs don’t make for good founders. In fact, there are over 250 founders from the HBS classes between 2008 and 2014. Combined, they’ve raised over $2.5

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. It applies the three competitive advantages I named to the open source world. Follow me Startups for the Rest of Us. If youre trying to grow your startup youve come to the right place. 29 Rob on 08.11.09 at 2:05 pm [.]

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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. How To Pick A Co-Founder , by Naval Ravikant (Venture Hacks). There is a wealth of information and connections on it.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago. 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.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Pay attention to whether people are comfortable “naming names&# in the meeting. I feel like I would have to introduce this by stealth. Why didn’t our tests/QA/immune system catch and prevent the problem? Why wasn’t it immediately obvious how to fix the problem? There’s no easy fix to this problem.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

CEO and co-founder Arlo Gilbert answered some questions about his just launched product. We just launched out of stealth on March 5, so it’s great to finally be able to share what we’ve been up to! More importantly, though, there is a real sense of camaraderie between the founders. What is your competitive advantage?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 21, 2018

There are many gems in there, including a screen capture of the texts I sent to Matt Laessig and Jon Loyens asking them if they would like to brainstorm ideas with me (thankfully they said yes, and then Bryon Jacob, our fourth co-founder, got involved pretty quickly after and has been an amazing addition to our founding team).

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

The Big Picture panel: social, mobile, advertising, TV, media – with Google’s Nikesh Arora, Jim Breyer (partner at Accel and board member at Facebook), Thomas Ebeling, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, angel investor and partner at Greylock), and Paul-Bernhard Kallen. This link was a good way to follow the thousands of updates.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Read also: Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak. His name is Charlie and he responded to our question last week about whether you should stick to the plan or change it. Peter: Yeah, that’s a perfect question for a recent article we posted called Q&A with Business Incubator Co-founder Joe Maruschak.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 20, 2012

But the one thing I find which also makes a subtle impression on me when I meet a founder of a startup is the convention of the company’s email address. jsmith@startup.com <– This convention conveys the importance of scalability in the organization, even from the founding stage… most likely stemming from a technical founder.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 20, 2012

But the one thing I find which also makes a subtle impression on me when I meet a founder of a startup is the convention of the company’s email address. jsmith@startup.com <– This convention conveys the importance of scalability in the organization, even from the founding stage… most likely stemming from a technical founder.

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 3, 2009

A few weeks ago, Business Week named Boston the 3rd most inventive city in the world. With over 600 patents in his name, MIT Professor Langer is second only to Thomas Edison as the most inventive American in history. He recently founded another company, Entra (currently in stealth mode), with fellow MIT Professor Michael Cima.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

is the co-founder and co-director of Bad Robot Productions , which has been the force behind some of the most successful and well-known films and TV shows of our time. While relatively few tech entrepreneurs may work on products that end up being household names like J.J.’s EPISODE TRANSCRIPT. Reid Hoffman:?? Hi, everyone.

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