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7 Reasons To Avoid Stealth Mode For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Startups in stealth mode often have a false sense of security that they can take extra time to do the job right the first time.

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7 Incentives For Testing Your Startup Marketing Early

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s still popular these days for startup founders to operate in stealth mode, meaning no details about the idea or progress are shared with anyone until the big reveal and rollout. Startups in stealth mode often have a false sense of security that they can take extra time to do the job right the first time.

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8 Ways To Get Off The Ground With Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. In addition, your company and social media names are key intellectual property.

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6 Strategies To Find An Investor For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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The Stealth Mode: Trada’s Position on Staying Stealth

trada.com

Trada Blog: Paid Search Marketing, Online Advertising and Small Biz Trada's blog for small businesses making paid search, online advertising and social media easier to understand. One of my favorite startup debates is about stealth mode. We’ve been in stealth mode at Trada for almost 18 months now.

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6 Tips On Where And When To Look For Startup Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

The first step is to set your criteria, including a match for your sector type and stage, and then proactively seek out and contact the best candidates: Review profiles on professional social media sites. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

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? FI and Adeo have already been helpful making introductions to several of the leading early-stage investors for casual gaming companies. What are you working on now?