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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

Both Sides of the Table

” So Ethan went to work as a product manager at Google Video. Ethan had pointed out to me that merchants were being barraged by “deal site” wanting to drive customers in the door but they didn’t have great tools to manage their customers. It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode!

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Top 30 Startup Technology and Product Posts for September 2010

SoCal CTO

Status / reputation. want to sidestep the argument about whether or not it's good to be " stealth " or not, and work with the assumption that if you've purchased the domain name, you're going to put up some sort of website. Except they won’t be called Product Managers. Why You Should Write. Your service: the game.

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10 Secrets of Successful Crowdfunding - From Scott Steinberg

ReadWriteStart

SS: You have to be strategic because there’s no stealth mode. If you fail with a crowdfunding campaign, your brand and reputation will take a hit and you’re going to have a hell of a time going back to investors after that to convince them there’s a market for your service or product. It comes down to a sales pitch.

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16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make

mashable.com

But dont underestimate the importance of achieving a basic threshold of "this looks good (and reputable)." If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. Often times, that work eventually goes beyond your job description. Guarding The "Big Idea".

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MVPs and Excellence

Startup Lessons Learned

They fear they’re being asked to create a low-quality product that will put their reputation—or even people’s lives—at risk. Entrepreneurs and general managers should not simply be content with functional excellence but strive for products, processes, and systems that delight our customers. This is a misconception.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Protecting one’s reputation is incredibly important for any investor, whether independent or corporate.

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“Focus is everything” - Melio's Matan Bar

Cracking the Code

We opened a small bookkeeping firm and managed end-to-end accounting and payables for 10 small businesses for around four months, purely for research purposes. You raised four rounds within 18 months, waiting until your third round before coming out of stealth mode. Build the product, see the reaction, learn from it, and move on.

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