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

Steve Blank

In building ESL Perry made a conscious choice to emulate Hewlett Packard (then considered the “gold standard” of a great technology company.) 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.

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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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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Stanford’s research on the earth’s ionosphere would lead to meteor-burst communication systems and Over the Horizon Radar used by the NSA and CIA to detect Soviet and Chinese missile tests and ultimately to the research that made Stealth technologies possible. Instead of rebuilding its WWII forces, the U.S.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Artificial Intelligence is an important, foundational technology that gets more important every year and will be used to solve more and more problems going forward. These events mean that technology is advancing fast enough to make better decisions than humans in order to accomplish a given task. (Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

9 How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob | Information Technology on 08.11.09 All of your complaints apply equally to just as many freeware programs and many commercial applications (ever worked on a vertical market app? It applies the three competitive advantages I named to the open source world.

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The Road Not Taken

Steve Blank

While it may seem like an easy choice, few people who love technology and who work on black projects leave. These technologies which allowed the U.S. to build sensors, stealth and smart weapons previously thought impossible or impractical, would give us a major military advantage. These projects are incredibly seductive.