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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What is Stealth? What's also interesting in Niel's piece is that he defines Stealth Mode not as not having conversations, but rather he says it's not make public pronouncements. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. Long live stealth mode! You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What is Stealth? What's also interesting in Niel's piece is that he defines Stealth Mode not as not having conversations, but rather he says it's not make public pronouncements. The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case. Long live stealth mode! You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch.

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8 Ways To Get Off The Ground With Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Create and highlight your intellectual property portfolio. Startups in stealth mode can’t get feedback from real customers and can’t be perceived as experts in their industry. In addition, your company and social media names are key intellectual property.

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These 8 Disciplines Define A Fundable Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Register some intellectual property to provide a barrier to entry. A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. A strong team has more credibility with investors than does a great idea by itself.

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Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art

Startup Professionals Musings

Finally, they need to validate intellectual property protections and status. They try to confirm from industry analysts that your differentiators are indeed unique, and that there are no future competitors or big gorillas in stealth mode just around the corner. Market need and size validation. Business and financial status.

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Understanding the Dreaded Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

Finally, they need to validate intellectual property protections and status. They try to confirm from industry analysts that your differentiators are indeed unique, and that there are no future competitors or big gorillas in stealth mode just around the corner. Market need and size validation. Business and financial status.

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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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