VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). As part of this, Vogue says we will see more influencers turning into retailers – either by selling their own merch or driving sales for brands. This may also trickle down to Google and Amazon. credit App Annie. social media.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

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. Shocking, I know.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

For each of these, there is a human element (non-scaleable) and the possibility of a tech layer (which any one VC will only have implemented to varying extents). We have insight on the competencies of our companies’ personnel, and who is hiring or shrinking. This is roughly comparable to PRNewswire’s distribution service.

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thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

3 Don’t go too stealth. Unless you have tons of funding (see Kohort ), be careful about going too “stealth.” 4 Reach out to complimentary (not competing) startups. Paring with similar, but non-competing companies makes cross promotion easy and mutually beneficial. Google Fails 36% Of The Time.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

How to Compete Against Open Source As a commercial software vendor you have to focus on your key advantages over open source software: Save Your Users Time. How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob [.] #2 9 How to Compete Against Open Source Competition | Software by Rob | Information Technology on 08.11.09

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Austin Startup

APRIL 29, 2019

Most of these companies employ variations of a similar model: they typically lease sizable blocks of apartments in upscale buildings; furnish them in varying degrees of style (but nearly all in a contemporary / modern fashion); and rent them out on a nightly basis, both via Airbnb and other online sales channels.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Also, yesterday the winner of the latest Crunchies was GitHub and #2 was Palantir, both non-consumer, big data organizer companies. Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments. And they don’t buy sales-force automation software, they rent on Salesforce.com. Some of these next big startups are in L.A., ALEXIA TSOTSIS.

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