VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to Gamesbeat , the streaming wars will spill over to the cloud gaming wars, with media companies, streaming companies and telcos looking to include gaming packages in their offerings. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). social media. credit App Annie.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

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. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none.

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trada.com

APRIL 7, 2010

Trada Blog: Paid Search Marketing, Online Advertising and Small Biz Trada's blog for small businesses making paid search, online advertising and social media easier to understand. One of my favorite startup debates is about stealth mode. We’ve been in stealth mode at Trada for almost 18 months now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. 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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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

In fact, for startups, it usually makes sense to announce your solution on social media and blogs even before you have built the first one. Startups which insist on operating in stealth mode in fear of competitor response miss the more important customer response. Build your audience and the product at the same time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2017

Social media and other channels provide the vehicles, but everyone has to be open for the process to work. Investors avoid startups that are in stealth mode, long development cycles, and an inflexible business model. Willingness to observe, listen, and learn. Use active listening to learn the most.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. But operating in stealth mode, or waiting for that perfect investor to find you, or feeling entitled, is even less effective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. But operating in stealth mode, or waiting for that perfect investor to find you, or feeling entitled, is even less effective.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Social media sites today, including Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, provide ideal forums for presenting your cause and your concept.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For example, I’m not sure the world needs one more social media niche site, or another dating site, or yet another flavored drink alternative. Many entrepreneurs are reluctant to expose their idea to others early, often called stealth mode, for fear of it being stolen. Two heads are better than one.

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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. Some entrepreneurs I know attempt to retain control, or save money, by eschewing advisors and using stealth mode.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? You mention social / viral aspects at both Google Photos and United Online. What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Even before you build a product, you should be interacting with potential customers in person, and through social media. Startups that operate in stealth mode until their solution is perfect usually acquire customers and investors very slowly. Accumulate customer advocates, testimonials and “letters of intent.”

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Lenny recently sent me this direct message on Twitter: hey ryan, I got hired on as a short-term consultant for a stealth startup… so random. Entrepreneur Insider Social Media Analysis and Opinion' Despite Lenny’s relatively small following and infrequent blogging routine, he has built himself a strong, long-lasting resume.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. While I’m sure TechCrunch and other publications are at or near record traffic levels, the influence is more diffuse these days due to wide number of tech blogs and reach of personal/social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

It’s 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. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none.

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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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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It may not matter to you what Kohort is or isn’t, nor whether stealth is good or bad. After someone signs up for your site, you ask them to share it with their friends through various social media channels and/or email.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Social Media. Energy Goes Social On Facebook. Grammy CMO spells out social media savvy. Social Media. 3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” Sources: The Social Network Screenshot. Conference.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

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. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account?

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

SS: You have to be strategic because there’s no stealth mode. This could be video testimonials from noted industry personalities, or other brands, creators or influencers you can get a shout-out from on social media. Every day you’re going to be working the phones, working Twitter, doing outreach, talking to media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

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. You can’t get any word-of-mouth or media activity by hiding. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none.

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

We started with a general webinar about how to turn your website into a marketing machine, then we went on to SEO, then blogging, then social media. We hit a challenge once we got to social media, because it was becoming much more crowded in our space with more businesses educating and creating more content.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Michael Wolf’s deck on the Future of Tech and Media shows that messaging will soon blow past social media as the dominant media activity and will add 1 billion new users by 2018. For this reason, you probably don’t have to years of stealth mode to build a solution catering to enterprise users.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2017

by Gail Martin, author of “ The Essential Social Media Marketing Handbook: A New Roadmap for Maximizing Your Brand, Influence, and Credibility “ Whether your company is purely local or has a global footprint, you need to be active and visible on social media. and Canada on strategic social media.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! bit.ly , Federated Media, Get Satisfaction, The Fridge , inDinero , Posterous Posterous , StickyBits and Twilio. Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

One example is so-called “ stealth neuromarketing ,” which tries to manipulate consumer behavior without their being aware of its influence, threatening consumer autonomy. They will be quickly exposed and, with consumer voices amplified by social media, cause far more damage to the business than any short-term benefit.”

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Alternative strategies hope to cut through the noise of promotion in the media and therefore grab attention. It is captivating for the people around at the time – and people will create the video for you – and then spread this around social media. Stealth marketing can cross the line in black hat strategies.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Programs/applications can be games, social media, office applications, missile guidance systems, bitcoin mining, or even operating systems e.g. Linux, Windows, IOS. These programs run on the same type of classic computer architectures they were programmed in. The analogy for AI is closer to microelectronics than it is EW.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Such apps deliver unmatched stealth during surveillance activities. It has even gained a reliable reputation from some major media outlets like Forbes. Track social media apps. Spyic grants you to track most of the social media apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype, and Snapchat. Track all media files.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

They have completely changed the social network space, managing to innovate new ways to monetize creativity while competing against popular social media platforms. Thanks to Deaver Brown, Simply Media ! #16- Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #21- It’s official, Discord is our favorite disruptor going into 2022.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

Many founders concentrate on perfecting their product, adding revolutionary features, and staying in stealth mode to avoid the competition. My advice is to talk to the market and to potential customers as early as possible and think about your company’s brand from day one.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Social Media. Social Media. Sites Jobs Events Social Good Summit Media Summit Career Expos. When we launched The Muse , the result was the opposite — nearly 25% of the people who visited our site shared it with someone else via social media!" — Kathryn Minshew , Founder/CEO, The Muse.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Also known as stealth marketing, this clever tactic advertises a product in such a sneaky manner that people aren’t even aware that they’re being subjected to advertising. Social media. It would be unfair to skip social media platforms as the most obvious and easily utilized channels for guerrilla marketing tactics.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Lisa Marino of RockYou , a leading developer of social games and advertising solutions for social media, is focused on building a great team with more gaming DNA to improve the quality of the games it publishes: Make RockYou the place talent wants to be. Improve the product. Internalize culture and values.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Seek direct customer feedback, via social media and personal interactions, rather than old market research. In the past, companies avoided sharing knowledge or technology, preferring stealth mode and relying on internal expertise to stay safe. Get in sync with customers by frequent customer interaction.

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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]. Entrepreneur Chris Dixon posts on why its really not that dangerous to share your super-stealth idea with other people: There are [.]. link] Stealth mode is back.

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