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. 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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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Last week, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Ten Little , came out of stealth and announced its public launch. . Ten Little was started by Fatma Collins and Julie Rogers , a platform that aims to make finding the perfect fit for your child easy, starting with shoes. My son is 10-month old so he doesn’t need shoes yet (soon!),

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In the past, companies avoided sharing knowledge or technology, preferring stealth mode and relying on internal expertise to stay safe. Enable customers to customize your offerings, and learn from the choices they make. Continually look outside for talent, data, and technology. Connect and strengthen your customer ecosystem.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” Sesame Streets YouTube Channel Hacked. Part of The Next Web family. Energy Goes Social On Facebook. Grammy CMO spells out social media savvy. Reprise for iOS makes iTunes look ugly. All Stories.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Large corporations have access to huge datasets and can acquire more (pace IBM’s recent acquisition of The Weather Channel data assets for $1.5bn ). Graphcore (in stealth, see this video at 28:58) calls them Intelligent Processor Units. But these processors were designed for graphics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

The sooner and more effectively you utilize all the available marketing channels, the more visibility and impact you will have later when your product or service arrives. Perhaps you can amplify your position by sponsoring an event, travelling to a visible location, or donating your time and other resources.

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www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. As in stop being in stealth mode. Let me a share a few reasons why you dont need to be in stealth mode: 1.) One of the reasons youre foolishly in stealth mode is probably because you havent done enough market research to realize that people are already working on this.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Also known as stealth marketing, this clever tactic advertises a product in such a sneaky manner that people aren’t even aware that they’re being subjected to advertising. It would be unfair to skip social media platforms as the most obvious and easily utilized channels for guerrilla marketing tactics. Undercover marketing.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

Depending on how stealthy you plan to be (and there are pros and cons for being in stealth mode ), it’s good to have a public record of the company by generating some press. Across the NextView portfolio and in discussing this topic more broadly, we’ve found that funding announcements are rarely good customer acquisition channels.

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Start Up Blog

JANUARY 3, 2019

They infiltrate the mind by stealth. Social Back Channels Emerge: Robin Dunbar proved many years ago we physically can’t manage close relationships with more than around 50 people, and wider relationships with more than around 150 people. It’s overdue.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2011

In Twitter , LinkedIn , and Facebook we at least have the on/off function, like channels, follow or not, friend or not, which helps somewhat. And meanwhile, this kind of fake word-of-mouth or stealth marketing in social media sites threatens the value of the sites.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

They would make commercials about a new book series, and then run the commercials at times when the TV rates were low (late night, UHF channels, etc) If they got enough orders, they then decided to print the series. Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 18, 2011

In Twitter , LinkedIn , and Facebook we at least have the on/off function, like channels, follow or not, friend or not, which helps somewhat. And meanwhile, this kind of fake word-of-mouth or stealth marketing in social media sites threatens the value of the sites.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 22, 2022

Quantum Cryptography/Quantum Key Distribution can distribute keys between authorized partners connected by a quantum channel and a classical authenticated channel. It can use fewer emissions to get the same detection result, for better detection accuracy at the same power levels – even detecting stealth aircraft.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Understand whom you can approach with what type of a request before you do, and always use warm channels to reach out. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Socialware is emerging from stealth mode, and being increasingly public about its products and services. The cloud-based Social Middleware Platform sits between business users and public social networks, giving enterprises the control, security and visibility they need to transform the social Web into a viable business channel.&#

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Since getting started in October, the board has already invested work in three startups (all in stealth mode): whoisgreen.com , burringo.com and doitinperson.com. Like a traditional capital fund, Kayweb Angels also has a board of directors that provides its startups with connections, guidance and help securing further funding. startupcto

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

These three tools allow startups to focus on the parts of an early stage venture that matter the most: the product, product/market fit, customer acquisition, revenue and cost model, channels and partners. An Evidence-based Curriculum (currently taught in the Lean LaunchPad classes and NSF Innovation Corps accelerator ). Lessons Learned.

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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. It also gives brands a way to differentiate themselves in a fragmented market, where traditional channels become very costly. What’s expected from a CMO today has changed from 10 years ago.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

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. startupcto

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. Our Investment in Cloze. June 25, 2012.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2011

Still in stealth mode, 6scan offers a SaaS security protection suite for websites through its main products: 6scan Patrol and 6scan Bodyguard. 6scan plans to target ecommerce platforms and hosting provider as channel partners for growth. The traction paid off as now the company announced the closure of its first financing round.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But once we got out of stealth, it actually didn’t make sense to be quiet afterwards. I want you to channel your stormtrooper now and say, “Okay, how do you think and talk and worry about these upstarts who are trying to take your lunch when you are eating?”. There was not much reason to talk a whole lot more about it.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

But once we got out of stealth, it actually didn’t make sense to be quiet afterwards. I want you to channel your stormtrooper now and say, “Okay, how do you think and talk and worry about these upstarts who are trying to take your lunch when you are eating?”. There was not much reason to talk a whole lot more about it.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 21, 2018

And I’ve made sure to set the tone as our CEO by sharing these in our #history channel in Slack. It was one of the first channels we created in Slack, and it is really amazing to go back to the beginning of our journey and see the historical journal that has been captured since. So, taking photos has been easy.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2019

Most of these companies employ variations of a similar model: they typically lease sizable blocks of apartments in upscale buildings; furnish them in varying degrees of style (but nearly all in a contemporary / modern fashion); and rent them out on a nightly basis, both via Airbnb and other online sales channels.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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. Craig’s investment portfolio includes Graphic.ly , Klout , Postling, Mobile Roadie and MogoTix.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

Choose the right metric and they'll create the most glorious digital experience in the universe, the perfect acquisition campaign, the most amazing customer service channel. Or the number Fans or Followers or +1s on Twitter, Google+, RenRen, Vkontakte and other lovely social channels. Like everyone else, I love TV.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

AI applications are already appearing in virtual customer assistants with speech recognition, sentiment analysis, automated/augmented quality assurance and other technologies providing customers with 24/7 self- and assisted-service options across channels. AI in National Security. AI/ML and Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Follow @mashable. see more > Search. Social Media. Entertainment. US & World. Watercooler. Social Media. Entertainment. US & World. Watercooler. Company About Us Licensing & Reprints Archive.

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