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Are You And Your New Venture Positioned For Success?

Startup Professionals Musings

Even the most diligent investors are often surprised by apparently solid business startups that fail, while others succeed, despite the odds. In my own experience as an investor, I have concluded that success is more about the people than the product. Balance of technical and business knowledge.

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Money Doesn’t Talk. Why Most Startups Aren’t Announcing Their Seed Financings

Hunter Walker

Not because they’re all operating in stealth or pre-product – in fact some already are earning $1m+ in revenue per annum. However with so many companies being funded these days, just getting a mention in a tech blog doesn’t really impact job seekers. The individuals and team managers have more sway.

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Protective Safety Equipment – Body Armor Alternatives

The Startup Magazine

Type IIA is popular due to its low weight and stealth. Due to the increased level of protection, the user will have to wear a rather heavy body armor, which is difficult to hide under clothing. During the summer, it is quite difficult to wear type IIIA all day due to the increased temperature.

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The Startup Copycat Fallacy

View from Seed

As a seed stage VC, I have a unique privilege of confidentially spending time with a number of entrepreneurs throughout their company formation and initial product development process. independently come to launch very similar products/services. Entrepreneurs credit where it’s certainly due?—?

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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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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Weeks 8 and 9

Steve Blank

Understanding the left-side of the mission model canvas ( activities, resources , partners , and costs) forces all teams to ask, “Are we building a product for a DOD/IC customer only or do we have a “dual-use” product that could be sold commercially and get funded by venture capital?”. This post is a continuation of the series.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Disruptors

Hearpreneur

As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models. Steve Jobs stands out as the greatest tech disruptor of the twenty-first century. Thanks to Shaun Connell, Rental Property Calculator ! #4-