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7 Reasons To Avoid Stealth Mode For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success.

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7 Incentives For Testing Your Startup Marketing Early

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Pivots and corrections are inevitable for startups in this age of rapid change, and the earlier you make them, the quicker you get to success.

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Who’s watching the algorithms? 3 Israeli startups predicting performance of AI models

VC Cafe

Several Israeli startups understood there is a potential market in monitoring AI performance and are tackling this market. Mona announced an undisclosed seed round led by Global Founders Capital in Feb 2019. The company was backed by Grove Ventures in an undisclosed round (still in stealth, so not much information available yet).

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The Startup Copycat Fallacy

View from Seed

Another full-stack short-term rentals startup ? It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. Another d2c gourmet pet food company ? Another affinity-based co-working space?

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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

Stealth Mode Startup. If youve read my Cult of the NDA article (which, by the way, remains one of the most-read articles on this blog), then you know that I think good luck and good execution are far more important to success in a startup than a Really Big Idea. Last Updated: Aug 07, 2008 03:29 PM. It isnt unique, though.

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5 Keys To An Unbeatable Solution For Your New Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m convinced that this “me too” or incremental thinking is one of the key reasons that ninety percent of new startups fail, and most of the investors I know won’t sign non-disclosure forms, since they claim to hear the same startup ideas over and over again. Collaborate with experts and people with experience.

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Are You And Your New Venture Positioned For Success?

Startup Professionals Musings

Even the most diligent investors are often surprised by apparently solid business startups that fail, while others succeed, despite the odds. The best founders operate with a key set of internal principles that allow them to break through all but the toughest business obstacles. Implement “lean startup” principles.