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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode! As you know I believe in Lines, not Dots. So there you have it.

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. One concern I might have with doing this is that you are competing for ad space with your competitors. Bring your questions. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

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." April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Go west, young MBA: Important rules for building wealth in San Francisco – [link]. The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. The ABCs of MVPs: How to Get the RIGHT Product out Faster – [link]. Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link].

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” Read up on The Age of Coworking in San Francisco. Users like Robert Scoble have a heavy say in what people will embrace. Check out Klout to find the the most influential people you follow. #3

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Don’t Jump Too Soon: How To Properly Pace Business Growth

YoungUpstarts

by Brent Freeman , co-founder and president of Stealth Venture Labs. Despite what many entrepreneurs may think, know this: Not all growth is good growth. In fact, expanding too quickly can be just as dangerous as not growing at all. Companies that put their noses ahead of their skis in a quest for glory often lose balance and fall flat.

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SXSW Startups: AirPop Makes Healthy Air

Austin Startup

Co-located in Shanghai and San Francisco, the AirPop product brand is a line of sensing, high-efficiency air pollution accessories for 4 billion+ people breathing pervasive ambient air pollution. AirPop currently splits time between San Francisco and Shanghai. How does that split in cities work?