Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Where Stealth is Good – There’s a lot of discussions on the web about whether startups should be stealthy before they launch or not. My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. Most people totally advise against stealth.

Early Stage 380

Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

This year was a banner year as boldstart portfolio cos raised over $150mm of follow on capital from some of the top Series A and B investors (highlights below). First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. First check to Series A?—?congrats

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly. There are legitimate reasons for a startup to be in stealth mode. It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Inbound partners.

Seed Stage 202

Seed Stage Stealth Seed Capital Later Stage 202

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The Small Business Tips Series is supported by Bantam Live , a web-based collaboration workspace with “Social CRM&# for small business teams. The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Seven Reasons To Become a Founding Entrepreneur. Seven Common Tactical Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make in their Initial VC Pitch which are Simple to Fix. An Entrepreneur’s Perspective on Information Asymmetry in Bootstrapping. . Stealth Mode. The Problem with Talking to VCs. What's Your Founder Superpower?

Stealth 40

Stealth HTML Flash Email 40

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. But we will undoubtedly continue to add more hardware related businesses to our portfolio.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. But we will undoubtedly continue to add more hardware related businesses to our portfolio.

Internet 100

Internet Stealth Cofounder Seed Stage 100