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?" Leveraging Product Feedback Earlier. Building a reputation and community in your target market.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Thats the conclusion Ive come to after watching tons of online products fail for a complete lack of customers. Our goal is to find out whether customers are interested in your product by offering to give (or even sell) it to them, and then failing to deliver on that promise. Nothing made any difference.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Understanding the left-side of the mission model canvas ( activities, resources , partners , and costs) forces all teams to ask, “Are we building a product for a DOD/IC customer only or do we have a “dual-use” product that could be sold commercially and get funded by venture capital?”. This post is a continuation of the series.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Lean Marketing: Delivering Customer Service via Social Media – [link]. Six Myths of Product Development – [link]. Unlimited Vacation Doesn’t Create Slackers–It Ensures Productivity – [link]. Unlimited Vacation Doesn’t Create Slackers–It Ensures Productivity – [link].

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

This cycle of solutions delivered and value received has been a staple for us since our inception and we expect to lean on this approach for the foreseeable future. . While we had previously tried the idea of working in a hybrid model, our audit of the experience revealed that our company was most productive and efficient while remote.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link].

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

Crowdfunding works for creative projects - apps, consumer products, software - that resonate with average, everyday people. The biggest successes have been galvanized around consumer-facing products like [the Pebble smartwatch] or the [Double Fine] Adventure game… something there’s tremendous demand for. It comes down to a sales pitch.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Improve the product. Many of the companies had resolutions focused on their product management and development. Ed Baker of Friend.ly , a fun way to meet new people, is focused on driving innovation: Encourage more product suggestions from our engineering team. Internalize culture and values. Stay hungry, stay foolish.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

One of the most important lessons entrepreneurs can learn from Dropbox is to adopt the lean start-up methodology and start. Their innovation lay not just in their product, but their viral video marketing campaign involving slamming raw eggs on their mattress to show that they wouldn’t break due to their mattresses’ high-tech cushioning.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In my blockchain investment work (we have invested in six early-stage projects, including bloXroute , Enigma , FalconX , NEX and two stealth projects), I have been struck by the fact that decades of progress on applying the scientific method to entrepreneurship (e.g.,

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The ABCs of MVPs: How to Get the RIGHT Product out Faster – [link]. The problem with a Lean Startup: the Minimum Viable Product | Paul Kortman – [link]. The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. AppBot – Lessons Learned Launching A Minimum Viable Product – [link].

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Having a clear focus means it’s easier to communicate what your product is and who it’s for. By trying to appeal to everyone and adding features left, right and centre, you will actually dilute your message and could end up with a complex, bloated product. Here are two examples. Quote from John Wilshire, Artefact Cards 4.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Graphcore (in stealth, see this video at 28:58) calls them Intelligent Processor Units. But these processors were designed for graphics. The next step-change for efficient learning and inference will come from processors designed specifically for machine learning.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 14, 2015

Lately, I’ve been hearing from a lot of entrepreneurs experiencing pushback to the concept of minimum viable product. Their teams may disagree about what a product should look like, who the customer is, and which distributors to work with, but one thing they can all agree upon is: “We build high-quality products in this company.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2011

If your product has a problem, ask your consumers why it sucks. Forget about keeping things in stealth. 10 Stay lean and focused. At Penn Olson , we change a lot even up to now. #2 2 Don’t be stupid, ask. There isn’t a point to guess when you can actually ask. We changed our focus to Asia because we asked what readers want.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles. Conventional R&D can only address so many areas and it’s not exactly lean or fast.

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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. The Lean Innovation process is a self-regulating, evidence-based innovation pipeline. This phase also includes building initial minimal viable products (MVPs.)

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, July 2, 2009 How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis In the lean startup workshops , we’ve spent a lot of time discussing the technique of Five Whys. My intention is to describe a full working process, similar to what I’ve seen at IMVU and other lean startups.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Despite all of that, I couldn’t have built the product without my cofounders. Two very well-funded competitors dropped out of stealth when we pushed our alpha and I started putting far too much emphasis on competitor-killing features and not enough time getting to market.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 17, 2023

2023 Unity Gaming Report Generative AI is faster than most consumer products and attracting a high level of VC investment, even in today’s tough funding environment. Companies operating in the space (not in stealth), include Latitude , Ludo (2D games) and Israeli startup Sefi AI. steampunk airships flying in the sky.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. A Lean Startup methodology offers entrepreneurs a framework to focus on what’s important: Business Model Discovery.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. Where were their production facilities?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 21, 2010

Industrial Design: 50+ Wicked Product Designs | designrfix.com – [link]. Are there benefits for a startup to work in “stealth&# mode? 3 Rules for Building Features in a Lean Startup – [link]. What Makes A Great Product Leader? Stylish White Package Design Inspiration – [link]. – [link].

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Steve Blank

JULY 23, 2009

scaled up the production of U-235 and plutonium from micrograms to tens of kilograms by 1945. to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. National Efforts In World War II the U.S. From a standing start in 1942 the U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Build a truly mainstream product. Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. The whole company and board play-tested the product to see its new features first hand. Everyone had fun; the product worked. Stealth is a customer-free zone. Focus on quality. We can skip the chasm.

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Up and Running

JULY 14, 2015

Or you have a product in a patent but no [inaudible 00:04:36] bring you to market. We were doing Social bookmarking around health and wellness products. You need to talk to real people who will use your product. Taste the product. Wear the product. Use the product. Jonathan: Right. Peter: Right.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Stealth mode” and other f’ing brilliant strategies – [link]. Showcase Of 30 Online Shopping Websites With Creative Product Catalogs - [link]. Kickstarter is trying to reign in some of the problems with execution in product projects - [link]. lean Democrat – [link]. Is Three Founders One Too Many? - [link].

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Perhaps the team is working on a product that really isnt that great or useful. Maybe they never thought about product-market fit. Building a product is like packing a suitcase: Plan out what you think you need. The biggest mistake I see is companies waiting too long to release the product. Leave it in the comments.

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