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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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What the Founder’s Email Address Says About Your Startup

Genuine VC

Many people, though, take the opportunity with a physical card to make an impression with a unique spin on their card (size, vertical orientation, etc.). johns@startup.com <– The founder’s last name is too long or hard to spell, and so nobody else at the company will list theirs either.

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What the Founder’s Email Address Says About Your Startup

Genuine VC

Many people, though, take the opportunity with a physical card to make an impression with a unique spin on their card (size, vertical orientation, etc.). johns@startup.com <– The founder’s last name is too long or hard to spell, and so nobody else at the company will list theirs either.

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

Steve Blank

It involved building stealth aircraft to deliver these precision weapons unseen by any enemy radar, and designing intelligence and reconnaissance systems that would target for them. Smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth. F-117 Nighthawk - 1st Stealth Ground Attack Plane These changes in American defense policy spooked the Soviets.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Great tips, fully inline with “Four Steps to the Epiphany” Also reminds me of Dharmesh’s “Stealth Mode, Schmealth Mode” — [link]. But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. I’ve personally never heard of it happening. Share: [link] Jerry Ji. link] Nivi.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

Mapping programs, CAD, circuit design, EMF simulators, speech-to-text… the documentation was disorganized and ambiguous, and the interfaces looked like they were designed for Windows 3.1. Do you count in the intuitiveness of countless program in GNU/Linux (GNU Emacs, CLI, etc.)? 3 William Pietri on 08.11.09 at 11:23 am [.]

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The Road Not Taken

Steve Blank

Hundreds of thousands of people worked on developing strategic weapons, bombers, our ICBM and SLBM missile programs, and the Apollo moon program. These programs dwarfed the size that any single commercial company could do by itself. How delightful it would be to have a presidential candidate named Frost.