Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Where Stealth is Good – There’s a lot of discussions on the web about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not. My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. Most people totally advise against stealth.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I’m thrilled that they along with our longtime friends and extraordinary leaders at cutting-edge technology companies such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Oracle, Tesla, and many others are choosing to expand their businesses significantly in the Austin area. Richard was previously the Chief Scientist at Salesforce.

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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. Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users.

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David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

As the New York Times recently wrote, sitting kills. We’re filling it with our own team , plus a couple of startups in our portfolio ( Parsely , Phone.com , some in stealth mode). The way in which most people stay in shape is fundamentally broken. Motion is better than no motion; stasis kills. Office Setup.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We now have the tools, technology and data to take incubators and accelerators to the next level. NASA and the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) In the 1970’s/80’s NASA needed a common way to describe the maturity and state of flight readiness of their technology projects. We think we can do better. Some background.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Every VC will tell you that they will take meetings with 100% of the companies that their existing portfolio founders recommend. Guarding The "Big Idea". I was totally guilty of this back in the day.

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