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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Hacker News new | comments | ask | jobs | submit login Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice. I work for a stealth startup. The idea is just a very small part of the reason why we are in stealth. If we are not in stealth mode, it will just draw unwanted attention. niyazpk 215 days ago | link.

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Announcing our investment in EnPowered, a payment platform to increase the rate of cleantech adoption

Version One Ventures

It’s similar to how Stripe removed friction from taking payments for many verticals. But they quickly realized that increased savings on their own weren’t enough to spark adoption and thus, developed the payment platform. EnPowered is led by Tomas van Stee and Mike Kirkup. To learn more, visit www.getenpowered.com or @GetEnPowered.

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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The eighth is currently operating in stealth mode (yes, even on demo day) but we’re digging to find out more about them. Developed in-house over the course of the last two years, TaxiCast is set to launch in the UK on June 25. TaxiCast by London-based BrightMove Media wants to revolutionize advertising on taxis. Playground Energy .

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Story Behind “The Secret History” Part III: The Most Important.

Steve Blank

If you are a practitioner of Customer Development, ESL was doing it before most us were born. In 1962 Wheelon left for a new job as the first director of the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology where he was responsible for development of OXCART , the A-12 Spyplane, and three major satellite reconnaissance systems.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Hopefully by that time you’ve developed the idea much further and in much greater detail – by talking to as many people as possible. Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. Share: [link] Jerry Ji.

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The Future of Health: How We Think About Investing in Healthier Living for Everyday People

View from Seed

We wanted to learn more about the nuanced industry market forces before applying the same hands-on investing model we do with tech startups in other verticals. We don’t seed companies that are developing drugs or medical devices that will require FDA approval. I should make clear that we are not life science investors.

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Startup CEO New Years Resolutions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lisa Marino of RockYou , a leading developer of social games and advertising solutions for social media, is focused on building a great team with more gaming DNA to improve the quality of the games it publishes: Make RockYou the place talent wants to be. We will measure our traction in three ways: 1.

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