Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. But operating in stealth mode, or waiting for that perfect investor to find you, or feeling entitled, is even less effective.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. YC companies use Hacker News to post jobs and have strong community groups, as does 500 Startups. Most of the startups we’ve backed at Homebrew don’t rush to announce their funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Based on my experience of many years in the startup community, here are some key principles that seem to generate real innovative thinking within the most successful entrepreneurs I know: Push yourself to go “outside the box” for real change. Successful people look for complementary co-founders, and hire a multi-faceted team.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

They explained they were building it "stealth". Interestingly, very active angel and COO at Square , Keith Rabois weighted in on Quora in response to the question: "What are some concrete reasons for *actively* stealthing a startup?" Building a reputation and community in your target market. Conclusion. Not convinced yet?

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 22, 2021

I love being an entrepreneur because I have the ability to impact my community and create change. Through our various community outreach events, volunteering, and mentorship we are able to make a difference in the girls' lives that we work with. It has been a blessing serving my community and has helped make me a better person.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 19, 2013

My Twitter following increased and I began to get more attention in tech and blogging communities. 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. Early on, a few of my pieces hit the front page of Hacker News. They saw my blog. Blog to build.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 31, 2015

The following is a guest post by Kirsten Cluthe and Ritika Puri from The Lean Startup Conference team Wondering what’s new in the Lean Startup community? Every year, our team conducts more than 500 customer development calls to understand what challenges the community is facing. Here are some of our favorites: 1.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

My team dedicated their time to creating a sense of community. Our membership network of thousands of small business owners and entrepreneurs across hundreds of local chapters nationwide feel like they belong to an entire community now. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #20- Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 17, 2022

We’re very excited to announce our investment in Inflection.io , as the company comes out of stealth with a $5M seed round. In that time, they’ve spoken with over 100 marketing teams at product-led companies and launched the #1 marketing community for product-led growth which now has over 750 members.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #21- It was launched in 2014, and its idea was that sustainability shouldn’t only be limited to wealthy or middle to upper-class communities. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. It has evolved from one of the. 21- AMP Robotics. Photo Credit: Devon Fata.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

O perations – We work closely with a pool of preferred service providers who address the operational challenges of early-stage companies: accounting, financial modeling, sales acceleration, legal and regulatory needs, insurance, real estate, engineering, and community building. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service.

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View from Seed

JULY 11, 2019

On Tuesday, one of our most recent portfolio companies, Otis, came out of stealth and announced its public launch. The second is that we are in a moment in time where brands and creators have an unprecedented level of direct communication with their community of fans.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

But a decade earlier as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, he was the father of the second offset strategy using software and semiconductors to build smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth aircraft that helped end the Cold War. Second: I also gave the commencement speech at the NYU engineering school here.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Creators that are able to grow a community while keeping engagement levels high have a greater opportunity to make a living from their craft more than ever before in history. We’ve made several investments in the space (some are still in stealth). pic.twitter.com/xtdInea3Tk — Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) April 26, 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

It is such a small community that it is hard to raise money by stealth. So to be clear I think in the overwhelming majority of cases these are diligence calls to feel out the opportunity in which price discussions exchange hands more as a by-product of the call than the intention of the call. This also happens with VCs.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

We were first check leads in 8 founding teams including Wallaroo Labs , MState (fka hyperfab ), blockdaemon , and 5 in stealth. We co-founded MState (fka hyperfab, read Coindesk article ) with Rob Bailey to help bring enterprise company building expertise and Fortune 500 connections to the blockchain community.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Innovation, disruption, accelerators, have all become urgent buzzwords in the Department of Defense and Intelligence community. Our defense department and intelligence community owned proprietary advanced tools and technology. “…it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place. ”. The Red Queen Alice in Wonderland.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

Too many early entrepreneurs go into stealth mode, or are unwilling to share what they know, for fear of ideas being stolen. The best are willing to share what they know, actively build partner communities, and constantly expand their realm through new learning and experiments.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2011

Go Anti-Stealth. A few months ago, returning from SxSW I wrote about my concerns about the increasing percentage of business I heard that were building "stealth." As I pointed out in the post, there are three big advantages to building your business in 'anti-stealth': Leveraging product feedback earlier in development.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

JANUARY 6, 2011

Scott Albro of Focus , a knowledge sharing community for business people, has fully embraced the idea of constant iteration for 2011, taking the best practices of social media to the business media world. Glenn Rogers of CarDomain , a community of auto enthusiasts, concurs: Traffic,traffic,traffic! Plan big, increment small.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2017

Now that people are used to being able to do some ‘stealth’ intelligence gathering by going online, it seems intrusive and bothersome to make a phone call or request information by mail. Give shout-outs to customers who get recognized for being active in local community-building, charity, business and education programs.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Here’s the top 10 list of what the stats report as the most popular stories for the Austin technology community in 2016 on the Silicon Hills News website. Million in Venture Capital Stealth Startup Magic […] The post 25 of the Biggest Tech Stories in Austin in 2016 appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

It was a great chance for the class to interact with the community in LA. AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. Gyroscope is in double-dog secret stealth mode right now so I’ll focus more on the entrepreneur. , Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2016

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. But operating in stealth mode, or waiting for that perfect investor to find you, or feeling entitled, is even less effective.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Sequoia Confirms Existence of “Stealth” Scout Program. Crowdsourcing taps public for work, money, ideas – [link]. Early Startup Time Wasters – [link]. The CEO who invented a cure for hiccups – and, oh, yes, she’s 13 – [link]. Who’s Next? – [link]. The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man – [link].

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 16, 2011

That’s how I get involved in the tech community and I’m still meeting and connecting. It is our vision to help build a connected Asian tech community. Forget about keeping things in stealth. Tech guy or not, you have no reason to hide in your dormitory or office. It is never a waste of time. 4 Be humble. Build and ship fast.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 2, 2015

At the time, they chose not to announce the funding, following a more general trend of going stealth. Many have tried to build this kind of marketplace, but ran into the chicken and egg problem in growing both the seller and buyer communities. Since then, VarageSale has created hundreds of hyper-active local communities.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 13, 2013

Singapore is only known for one of those two things but there’s no reason why we can’t foster a healthy development community. He has a love for stealth and RPGs but is willing to try almost anything. Support local indie development. Video games are as universal a concept as food. This article was first posted on RobotsGoneBad ].

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Launching too late (or too early) Too many startups spend months (or years in some cases) in ‘stealth mode’, hidden away from prying eyes, and end up never releasing at all as uncertainty and competition spoil the show. Equally there are others that launch a poor early version of their product in true lean startup style.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. What are “Reg D” filings with the SEC and why does this make it harder to stay in stealth mode? and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. -

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

At the heart of this “offset strategy” was “precision strike,” – building stealth aircraft to deliver precision guided munitions unseen by enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. could design and produce.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The Wall Street Journal is getting into the community and content game as well with their soon to be released stealth GetSocial effort. Having an online audience enables you to sell an event to your community--lowering cost of customer acquisition--but it also allows you to create unique. There are a ton of synergies here.

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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. In either case, corporations have to set up their investment vehicles so that the venture capital community sees them as serious players. Teten: How do corporate VCs interact with the broader VC community? .

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Austin Startup

MARCH 25, 2010

It’s a great women’s community with a strong motto: “look better, live longer.&# He’s angling to have a launch event to “officially&# announce open enrollment (it’s already underway in stealth mode) in the next couple of months. First, lifestyle content. Keep an eye open!

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2014

It was Steve who first brought Will Harvey to visit Immersion, which led to a strategic investment in There.com, Will’s stealth-mode but sure-fire, can’t-miss startup. They spend the year working with the doctors and the life sciences venture community to design devices and other solutions to those problems and needs.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

13- Showcase different communities. That is when I decided I wanted to pivot my business to showcase the different communities I have had the privilege of visiting. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #18- 21- Bring unity back to communities. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Photo Credit: Marc Tonkin.

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