Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Startups which insist on operating in stealth mode in fear of competitor response miss the more important customer response. It’s amazing to most entrepreneurs how fast their little startup can become a battleship, hard to turn in a storm. Build your audience and the product at the same time. Maximum agility for required pivots.

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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. Shortly after its private release, we announced Product Hunt in the press and shared with our audience, acquiring another 1,000 users over the next week. And it paid off. They saw my blog.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 29, 2012

Serial tech entrepreneur, speaker and consultant Scott Steinberg , author of The Crowdfunding Bible , explains how to make crowdfunding work for your startup. Ultimately, you’re trying to reach either as broad an audience as possible, or a very loyal and passionate [niche] audience of fans.

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The Next Web

JUNE 7, 2013

The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them. Entrepreneur Insider UK' But with mentoring and show and tell behind them, today is the day they get to pitch their ideas to investors, so, here are details of seven of the startups.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2011

In my last post on ReadWriteStart, I talked about how, in many cases, it wasn't an advantage to build your start-up in stealth mode. This allows you to get statistically meaningful feedback from a specific target audience. As an entrepreneur, you have to figure out the right plan to test and build your product. Conclusion.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

in business we can create much deeper connections with our audience and give our startups a better chance of success. I’m hoping this will help to save entrepreneurs time in their hunt for success, whilst adding some more meaning to their businesses. Failing to ask for help Entrepreneurs can be a stubborn lot.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Sprung in stealth mode! Mega logos for Awesome Businesses I was the “early-stage” placeholder and feel privileged to have shared the spotlight with such able and proven entrepreneurs who are successfully creating products which are impacting hundreds of thousands of children worldwide.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. In Silicon Valley, Technology Talent Gap Threatens G.O.P.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. I first met him there and knew he was a talented entrepreneur that I wanted to work with some day. Gyroscope is in double-dog secret stealth mode right now so I’ll focus more on the entrepreneur.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Entrepreneur. 3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” Getting tons of irrelevant signups wastes everybody’s time, so determine your audience and attack it head on. (By Energy Goes Social On Facebook. All Stories. Top Stories.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

PurePlus is disrupting candy with stealth nutrition. See the PurePlus pitch in the category of Consumer Technology & CPG , 9:30 am to 10:30 am Sunday, March 15, before a live audience and a panel of expert judges. Female entrepreneurs must have grit. In a new category called Earth Functional Food?—?food

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Excellent written and oral communication skills, for technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to excel under pressure. Ability to prioritise effectively in the face of business uncertainty. Strong problem-solving and motivational skills.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I can't wait until I can write a post about startups and make sure it gets to every entrepreneur within two degrees of me on LinkedIn. The Wall Street Journal is getting into the community and content game as well with their soon to be released stealth GetSocial effort. There are a ton of synergies here.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When starting my business, it was all about the audience and the accessibility. But, you can be sure that as an entrepreneur, each day will be loaded with new possibilities to challenge yourself, be innovative, and learn something new. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #18- Put your consumers first! 7- I could push myself.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. You will have an edge with business users since time is highly monetized for entrepreneurs and enterprises. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Check out my book Like this post?

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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. Talking to your target audience gets you to that point. Every successful marketing strategy starts with a well-told story. Among other tips I share , below is my favourite exercise.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Home About Contact Home About Contact The Metamorphosis Becoming an Entrepreneur, by Matt Mireles Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder I started SpeakerText in October 2008 during the financial apocalypse. “Stealth Mode&# = FAIL. The word for “visionary investor&# is “entrepreneur.&# No one funded us.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

Arlo Gilbert The Forrest Four-Cast: March 6, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. We just launched out of stealth on March 5, so it’s great to finally be able to share what we’ve been up to!

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 30, 2011

He was less bullish on Israel and India, which raised a few eyebrows in the audience. young entrepreneurs now develop for mobile first , not the desktop. There was an unproportionally high number of Israeli entrepreneurs (courtesy of Yossi Vardi). Jim Breyer was very bullish on China saying that Accel invested $1.5

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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. So is that something you’d recommend for any entrepreneur? Why did you decide to be an entrepreneur?

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Lucky for you, time-strapped entrepreneur, weve gathered some tips from the pros to help you avoid some of the most common, game-ending mistakes committed by young startups. How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Guarding The "Big Idea".

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Ask him what truly intrigues him — and drives his storytelling — and it will sound familiar to any budding tech entrepreneur: the “ooh” factor. “I They also discuss how Abrams approaches every new project like a startup in and of itself, and what tech entrepreneurs can learn from his business model at Bad Robot Productions. (To

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