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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Weeks 8 and 9

Steve Blank

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. Demo of final MVP. Pivot stories.

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Should Your Startup Stay Stealth?

ReadWriteStart

The Twitter exchange on Sunday went something like this: Robert Scoble tweeted that he'd seen a demo from Aweditorium , a " MIND BLOWING way to find new music. Being in "stealth mode" is, as Wilson argues, often seen as a bad idea for startups. So why stay stealth? How do you define "stealth"? fredwilson alert!"

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

View from Seed

Around the same time we were doing those webinars, we launched our first ebook, and that did much better in terms of conversions — click-through-rate on emails, conversions on landing pages, and so on. Some startups are in stealth mode and maybe branding and beautiful design is important. So that’s one way to focus: goals.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. Thursday night was the unveiling of the newest batch of Launchpad LA companies.

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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. It got 10% conversion,” Carrella says. Kohort said the site was “stealth&# to play up the sense of mystery around its brand and to generate interest.

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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.

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SXSW Startups: AirPop Makes Healthy Air

Austin Startup

Network with all the finalists from 11 am to 1:30 pm on Monday, March 12, at SXSW Accelerator Demo Day , at the Hilton Austin, Salon C. The SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event (as well as the Demo Day) takes place within the Startup & Tech Sectors track of programming. We’ll triple our user base in 2018, which is currently around 1.5