BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. congrats to Fortress IQ on its $12mm Series A led by Lightspeed and a stealth co on their $13.5mm Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. First check to Series B?—?congrats First check to Series A?—?congrats

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K9 Ventures

JANUARY 26, 2016

“ US Navy Sea Shadow stealth craft ” by US Navy employee – [link]. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Stealth is overrated. Today, I have seen it enough times from companies in my portfolio and others that are not in my portfolio that have utilized the “We’re in stealth mode” line.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

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"? Is stealth really a matter of locking yourself and your team away in the proverbial garage, working in utter isolation into the day you launch your product?

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VC Adventure

APRIL 8, 2010

Recently Dan Frommer over at the Silicon Alley Insider wrote about the reemergence of “stealth mode ”. Niel Robertson, the CEO of Trada, wrote one of the best articles that I think I’ve read on the subject of stealth on the Trada blog that further describes our thought process around operating the business stealthfully for a number of months.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

We also have several stealth startups that sit at the intersection of AI and healthcare. End of Year Update was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. ai , a Breyer Capital early-stage investment, list on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

This can enable chatbots to have a conversation with people. AI can also be used to automate data conversion such as translations and decryptions, accelerating the ability to derive actionable insights. Conversely, AI-enabled cyber-defensive tools can proactively locate and address network anomalies and system vulnerabilities.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

As Ada Support launches its automated chat platform from stealth and announces an impressive $2.5 million seed round, we’re looking back at our journey with founders Mike Murchison and David Hariri. The story underscores the importance of perseverance and having the right founding team.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Visible networking is turning into a really great opportunity to get to know people better, get to meet new people, and have some interesting conversations. I know you are still in stealth, but what can you tell us. And what do you think about the controversy about stealth vs. not for startups? What are you working on now?

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2023

One of the first companies (outside of Disney) to get access to the Snap Camera SDK, Zoog has some of the best conversion metrics I’ve seen for a B2C consumer app. From AI generated ads / creative, to conversion optimisation tools, automated customer success and automated pricing/ promotions to increase revenue.

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genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Conferences are for Conversations » Wednesday Oct 12 2005. Stealth Mode. I’ve recently been introduced to a number of startups that are operating in “stealth mode,” and have been thinking about what to make of this fact. Know Your VC’s Magic Number. « Reasonable Demands |. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 01:15PM.

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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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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Improvements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Programming (NLP) now make it possible to: 1) use conversational language as command line (the bot understands what you want) and 2) automate the execution of the command (the bot does what you asked for).

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View from Seed

MARCH 3, 2015

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.

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Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

It is reflected in the obsession with Conversion Rate. Every web analytics tool in the market measures single-session conversion rate, so if visitor, your potential customer, does not convert in that single session (i.e, When your KPI is revenue, you are focused on trying to get as many single-session conversions as possible.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Graphcore (in stealth, see this video at 28:58) calls them Intelligent Processor Units. These would have the advantage of avoiding the privacy concerns of conversational toys like Toy Talk and Mattel’s ‘ Hello BarbieTM’ , at least until voice can be processed locally rather than in the cloud.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Be aware, though, that the person who introduces you is important and can make or break your conversation, so choose wisely. I always begin conversations by asking my new connection about herself. Throughout the conversation (and the subsequent relationship), make sure to check your own motives. So what’s next?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Sprung in stealth mode! part 2) was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. One of the tips Matt suggested was to research the VC/angel panel to understand their backgrounds, business status and what things interested them.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

Most of the time, the experiments you run will have a zero percent conversion rate - meaning no customers were harmed during the making of this experiment. I would aim to get no more than 1o0 clicks per day - over the course of a week or two, youll get pretty good conversion data. Measure conversion rates.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 3, 2009

bigs : @ericries says Stealth dev is a (undesirable, failure-presaging) customer-free zone. LeanStartup Of course, a big enabler of those kinds of mistakes is stealth-mode. Another recent meme that I hope more and more startups will take to heart: "stealth is a customer-free zone."

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. On average the platform is generating 30+% increase in conversions and 15% decrease in cost per lead. Gyroscope is in double-dog secret stealth mode right now so I’ll focus more on the entrepreneur. We’re excited to work with them.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Such apps deliver unmatched stealth during surveillance activities. Below are some of them: Track conversations and calls. Spyic can track conversations and calls that happen on the target iPhone. This gives you access to the complete conversations as if you have the target’s iPhone in your hands.

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Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2018

With a tool like Basecamp, for example, it’s easy to track progress and keep track of conversations and items that require collaboration with a few different people. Using a project management tool like Basecamp can be helpful keeping everyone on track and storing documents and conversations all in one place. Identify risks.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

To learn more about the history of Bad Robot, listen to Hoffman and Abrams’ conversation on the episode “Make Room for Magic” on the Masters of Scale podcast.). Bear in mind, just like any of us working in stealth mode, there’s a limit on how many insider details J.J. It’s becoming one conversation. With that, let’s get started.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

He had tens of conversations with consumers, homeowners and agencies which validated his core assumptions about unsold inventory, willingness to discount, willingness to book late and appetite for discounts and gave him a detailed picture of exactly what he should do to make the business fly straight out of the traps.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It was an eye-opening conversation. That radars and stealth and antennas and radios and materials. But Will Roper who runs Air Force acquisition, technology and logistics, gives lie to that assertion. He gets it. And he’s running as fast as he can to move the Air Force into the 21st century. from Oxford in Math.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 16, 2018

This was exceptionally hard for a candidate to prepare for in the early days because our company was in stealth-mode, as I wrote about in this post. For example, for a Sales Director candidate, we would continue and say, “We need you to come in on Monday and present to us like we are a prospect”.

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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. 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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

They know that a call will lead to a higher conversion rate and a better chance to cross-sell products leading to higher average order values. It should lead to higher conversion rates and happier customers. Social networks continue to drive conversion of marketers. It turns out the advertisers want you to call, too.

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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. Use it to get into conversations with your most enthusiastic customers. Highly motivated prospects may make the effort, but most won’t bother.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Introducing a solution early on can lead the conversation too much and mean potential missed opportunities. “We 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.

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Austin Startup

MAY 9, 2018

As a venture-backed start-up, you may benefit from stealth mode to prevent copying for a season, but ultimately comes a time when your technology must be promoted and made known to the world in order for you to find commercial success. The reality is far from that. Originally published at www.sputnikatx.com.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Many entrepreneurs are fearful of someone stealing their idea, so they go stealth and keep it a secret. These conversations will be exceptionally valuable to you. But they’re protecting the wrong thing. The idea isn’t the gold nugget; the execution is. Spend extra time with the people who think it’s a bad idea.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

During the conversation, Ramaswamy, Hoffman and Yeh explored how startups can approach building a differentiated product, to identify different levels of competition, and how large incumbents view the challenger startups. You can listen to the podcast here, and read the full transcript of the conversation below. TRANSCRIPT.

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

During the conversation, Ramaswamy, Hoffman and Yeh explored how startups can approach building a differentiated product, to identify different levels of competition, and how large incumbents view the challenger startups. You can listen to the podcast here, and read the full transcript of the conversation below. TRANSCRIPT.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

We kicked it off Sunday night with a boldstart founders and execs dinner where we talked about what’s next in cybersecurity with some of our portfolio companies like security scorecard , bigid , snyk , stealth co and many friends from the industry representing strategic partners and IT buyers. Is PII and GDPR real?

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The Next Web

JULY 24, 2013

Ticckle itself has been operating in stealth mode for more than nine months already, but in June had its proper launch for the iOS app, with iOS being the target of choice not least because of Stephen Fry’s known love of Apple, and therefore the amount of traffic he drives every time he posts a Ticckle. It all sounds very light-hearted.

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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. Passion was certainly a recurring topic of conversation amongst the investors we interviewed.

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