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Stealth Mode Startup

www.frozennorth.org

This is my personal blog. My professional blog is. Stealth Mode Startup. If youve read my Cult of the NDA article (which, by the way, remains one of the most-read articles on this blog), then you know that I think good luck and good execution are far more important to success in a startup than a Really Big Idea.

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The Startup Copycat Fallacy

View from Seed

Yes, there is certainly risk in this perspective and there is a logical set of reasoning for operating in stealth mode. Defensibility with other aspects of the business model and above all, execution, mean so much more than a few months’ time-to-market. Entrepreneurs credit where it’s certainly due?—?

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6 Reasons Startups Should Skip the Big-Bang Launch

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Partners and distribution channels will take you seriously.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

Small Business and Startups: 5 DIY Things To Do For Your Brand! crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. How To Choose A Market For Your Startup Or Small Business – [link]. How Small Businesses Can Compete with Big Business – [link]. Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link].

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Marketing Your Startup: A Billion-Dollar Company’s First Marketer Reflects Back

View from Seed

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. How did you address that?

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A Small Change Seed Funds Can Make To Their Websites To Help Founders (and Themselves)

Hunter Walker

You might have detailed these ideas lovingly in a blog post or elsewhere on your site but almost all the time, your portfolio page helps teams decide if they should reach out to your or not. .

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The Future of Health: How We Think About Investing in Healthier Living for Everyday People

View from Seed

We are excited about software entrepreneurs who are diving into this emerging wealth of data to develop new applications and business models that this market may never have encountered before. Many of these founders are creating businesses that are an ambitious blend of data, software, and services.

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