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5 Tools to Improve Your Idea Before You Write a Line of Code

ReadWriteStart

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. For a thorough review of these options check out this analysis on our SMB channel ReadWriteBiz of the tools. The general technique of optimizing your landing page is a practice most startups should do.

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

View from Seed

Then there were also certain social channels that worked for awhile but didn’t stick. For awhile, that channel was a share option on all our blog posts, and we tried paying for stumbles for some campaigns. Some startups are in stealth mode and maybe branding and beautiful design is important. Should you do that at all?

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It’s Time to Play Moneyball: The Investment Readiness Level

Steve Blank

Investors sitting through Incubator or Accelerator demo days have three metrics to judge fledgling startups – 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling PowerPoint slides, and 3) a world-class team. Rather than a product demo – we believe in a “Learning Demo”. We think we can do better. Lessons Learned.

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HOW TO: Sign Up Users Even Before You Launch Your Startup

mashable.com

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. It may not matter to you what Kohort is or isn’t, nor whether stealth is good or bad. After someone signs up for your site, you ask them to share it with their friends through various social media channels and/or email.

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Essential Startup Funding Tips from 8 Seasoned Investors

mashable.com

Craig is currently the CEO and founder of stealth-ish startup BetterWorks. Serbinski has since gone on to invest in a handful of stealth startups in the gaming, mobile and location arenas. .&# Founders can make in-person connections, however, with Qualcomm Ventures at various demo events, conferences and trade shows.