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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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Announcing our investment in EnPowered, a payment platform to increase the rate of cleantech adoption

Version One Ventures

It’s similar to how Stripe removed friction from taking payments for many verticals. The team initially rolled out EnPowered Programs to help businesses increase energy savings through projects like light installations and building improvements. EnPowered is led by Tomas van Stee and Mike Kirkup.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The program was announced in November last year and since whittling its way down to the eight final teams has seen has seen the groups receive more than a dozen show and tell sessions and 827 one-on-one mentoring sessions in a bid to fine tune the groups’ ideas for Internet of Things hardware.

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

It involved building stealth aircraft to deliver these precision weapons unseen by any enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. Smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth. But this new strategy was more than making the bombs smarter.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. link] The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth | Trada Blog. [.]

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: PurePlus

Austin Startup

PurePlus is disrupting candy with stealth nutrition. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. In a new category called Earth Functional Food?—?food food that provides environmental benefits beyond health?—?PurePlus

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SXSW Startups: AirPop Makes Healthy Air

Austin Startup

The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event (as well as the Demo Day) takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. It’s one that I can’t talk about, they are in stealth for at least another three years but it involves the most insane team of talent I’ve ever heard of. Has anyone on your team been to SXSW before?