View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

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. Yes, there is certainly risk in this perspective and there is a logical set of reasoning for operating in stealth mode.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. In today’s world, if your startup is not visible on the Internet, you haven’t started yet. Startups in stealth mode can’t get feedback from real customers and can’t be perceived as experts in their industry. Simplicity is preferred at this stage.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). Consumer trends 2021 prediction bingo by Visual Capitalist. In Newzoo’s l atest report , analysts predicted that in 2021, 2.8

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Today, with the Internet and social media, if you aren’t visible in a positive way to everyone, including customers, your leadership efforts will be lost. In this age of total access via the Internet, you can’t hide relationships, or the lack of them. The old fable of “you are known by the company you keep” has never been more true.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Many entrepreneurs are reluctant to expose their idea to others early, often called stealth mode, for fear of it being stolen. Even in this era of a pervasive Internet, your customers won’t find even the best new solutions by default. Successful people look for complementary co-founders, and hire a multi-faceted team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs who are determined to operate in stealth mode, for fear of giving away their secrets, will find they lose more than they could gain by sharing. Use networking, the Internet, and personal contacts to really understand the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind related success stories.

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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. Cognata (2017) – still in stealth, Cognata is developing Artificial Intelligence simulation engines for automated vehicles.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 13, 2014

Unbeknownst to the rest of the world because it was in deep stealth, GM was trying to create what we now know as the mobile Web with the world’s largest telecom service providers and consumer electronics companies based on GM’s technology. 2014 big data Cleantech Internet of Things Nest'

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

They explained they were building it "stealth". Interestingly, very active angel and COO at Square , Keith Rabois weighted in on Quora in response to the question: "What are some concrete reasons for *actively* stealthing a startup?" His answer: With respect to the consumer Internet world, there are almost no valid reasons.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2022

The Internet and computer networks use network time servers and the NTP protocol to receive the atomic clock time from either the GPS system or a radio transmission. It can use fewer emissions to get the same detection result, for better detection accuracy at the same power levels – even detecting stealth aircraft.

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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. For starters we take a very, very long term view of internet innovation (more on this below).

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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. For starters we take a very, very long term view of internet innovation (more on this below).

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Jason Freedman, who calls himself “humbled MBA,&# ( which is right-there brilliant, before I go on ) writes Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. First mover advantage was a flawed theory that helped pre-product internet companies raise billions of dollars in the 90s. Tweet I love it! Good stuff.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I despised every minute of it, which is why I decided to establish an internet business. Instead of watching TV or trolling the internet I thought I'd try my hands at coding. I was so amazed at how the internet works. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #18- As with any other firm, this one is destined for success.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

We used these tools to keep pace with the Soviet threats and eventually used silicon, semiconductors and stealth to create an offset strategy to leapfrog their military. We and our contractors had the best technology domain experts. We could design and manufacture the best systems. That approach doesn’t work anymore.

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genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Internet VC at NextView Boston / Cambridge, MA david at nextviewventures dot com @davidbeisel?. 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. David Beisel's Perspective on Digital Change. Previous Entries.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. The only thing I wouldn’t do is to post it on the internet. link] The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth | Trada Blog. [.] link] Marco.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 9, 2022

‘First human connects to internet via neural lace’ – 2037. Connecting a human to the internet, with information transactions occurring by thought has already been done. Even the internet and a smart phone were literal science fiction when I grew up, and yet here we are.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

What Hasn’t Changed: The Internet Keeps Getting Bigger. The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. US not the fastest in internet speeds but we’re way ahead of Congo, Central African Republic and turtles – [link]. How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link].

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #21- They've made internet shopping a breeze by constantly researching and improving warehousing facilities to ensure that things can be ordered and dispatched quickly. It has evolved from one of the. 21- AMP Robotics. Photo Credit: Devon Fata. AMP Robotics gets my vote for a favorite disruptor.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Billions of computers, digital devices and sensors connected to the Internet, producing and storing large volumes of data, which provide other sources of intelligence. (Training Google’s GPT-3 Natural Language Model with 175 billion parameters takes 1,024 Nvidia A100 GPUs more than one month.)

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Dr Jean-Paul Rodrigue , in the Department of Global Studies & Geography at Hofstra University, observed that bubbles have four phases; stealth, awareness, mania and blow-off. In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ada Support (an AI-driven customer support agent) came out of stealth and announced their seed round led by Bessemer. Blockstack is now a public benefit corporation grounded in their continued mission to enable a decentralized Internet. Booster Fuels raised a $20M Series B. Select activities from around the portfolio.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

bigs : @ericries says Stealth dev is a (undesirable, failure-presaging) customer-free zone. LeanStartup Of course, a big enabler of those kinds of mistakes is stealth-mode. Another recent meme that I hope more and more startups will take to heart: "stealth is a customer-free zone." Take a look and let me know what you think.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Superfish’s first prototype, Window Shopper , launched in April, after several years of being in stealth. The Firefox and Internet Explorer browser add-on allows users to search for images instead of text to find a broad range of similar products across thousands of sites simultaneously. venturebeat ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Superfish’s first prototype, Window Shopper , launched in April, after several years of being in stealth. The Firefox and Internet Explorer browser add-on allows users to search for images instead of text to find a broad range of similar products across thousands of sites simultaneously. venturebeat ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Superfish’s first prototype, Window Shopper , launched in April, after several years of being in stealth. The Firefox and Internet Explorer browser add-on allows users to search for images instead of text to find a broad range of similar products across thousands of sites simultaneously. venturebeat ].

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Superfish’s first prototype, Window Shopper , launched in April, after several years of being in stealth. The Firefox and Internet Explorer browser add-on allows users to search for images instead of text to find a broad range of similar products across thousands of sites simultaneously. venturebeat ].

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Stealth is a customer-free zone. Build a world-class technology platform, with patent-pending algorithms and the ability to scale to millions of simultaneous users. Launch with a PR blitz, including mentions in major mainstream publications.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 31, 2016

by Brent Freeman , co-founder and president of Stealth Venture Labs. Brent is also an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Crosscut Ventures , a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, where he advises on customer acquisition, digital marketing, and consumer internet investments.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2014

With a sophisticated set of security cameras, you can even observe your business from a mobile phone or any computer with an internet connection. Even with a bog-standard alarm installed, you can be alerted to anyone trying to stealth their way onto your site. Stay alarmed to the teeth.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

Increasingly, we find that consumers are taking their health outcomes into their own hands, armed with the multitude of information on the internet and an increasing awareness that 95% of what influences healthy living happens outside of the doctor’s office. The second area is direct-to-consumer health products and services.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 27, 2012

Today one of our portfolio companies, LinkSmart , has come out of stealth mode and unveiled its product, Total Link Management and $4.7M The Internet was founded on our ability to link between things. And the Internet grew. in financing led by Foundry Group. We clicked.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

They had previously all worked together at a very successful company in the “telecoms meets Internet&# space, CallWave, which IPO’d 5 years ago or so. Internet consumption is obviously growing massively on mobile devices. It’s still in stealth but plans to make announcements soon.

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VC Adventure

JUNE 27, 2012

At the core of the Internet is the ability to connect together content. It was really this hyperlinking between pages that in many ways defined the difference between the early Internet and the bulletin boards and Usenet that preceded it.

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Start Up Blog

MARCH 25, 2013

“I’m passionate about the internet.” The internet isn’t really a thing to be passionate about – it’s a thing that allows passions to be made into realities. A sense of curiosity which builds over time and provides startup direction by stealth.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2017

There’s a curious perspective there, assuming that only people in far-away places use the internet. Now that people are used to being able to do some ‘stealth’ intelligence gathering by going online, it seems intrusive and bothersome to make a phone call or request information by mail.

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