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

Both Sides of the Table

And I had been telling my partners for a couple of years that I thought Ethan was one of the more talented entrepreneurs I had come across in San Francisco. It’s nice to finally not be in stealth mode! As you know I believe in Lines, not Dots. So there you have it.

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Lessons Learned: Achieving a failure

Startup Lessons Learned

Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Stealth is a customer-free zone. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Build a world-class technology platform, with patent-pending algorithms and the ability to scale to millions of simultaneous users. Bring your questions. Amazon PostRank

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Lessons Learned: Using AdWords to assess demand for your new.

Startup Lessons Learned

Now were not exactly in stealth-mode - weve pitched at Techcrunch - but Id rather not go dancing in my competitors faces. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. One concern I might have with doing this is that you are competing for ad space with your competitors. Bring your questions. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Use cases for Generative AI in gaming

VC Cafe

At GDC, the Games Developer Conference, in San Francisco next week, generative AI is sure to be one of the hot topics. Companies operating in the space (not in stealth), include Latitude , Ludo (2D games) and Israeli startup Sefi AI. So, will generative AI play a role in gaming? How is it being used today? Will it work?

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Lean Startup fbFund wrap-up

Startup Lessons Learned

bigs : @ericries says Stealth dev is a (undesirable, failure-presaging) customer-free zone. LeanStartup Of course, a big enabler of those kinds of mistakes is stealth-mode. Another recent meme that I hope more and more startups will take to heart: "stealth is a customer-free zone." April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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How to conduct a Five Whys root cause analysis

Startup Lessons Learned

I feel like I would have to introduce this by stealth. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Expo New York New York, NY Nov 19 The Lean Startup at MIT Boston, MA Nov 20 Lunch workshop at Dogpatch Labs Boston, MA Dec 17 Lean Startup Cohort program begins San Francisco, CA KISSmetrics KISSmetrics is loading.

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Twitter Link Roundup #156 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Go west, young MBA: Important rules for building wealth in San Francisco – [link]. The Difference Between Stealth Mode and Quiet Mode – [link]. The ABCs of MVPs: How to Get the RIGHT Product out Faster – [link]. Start With a Business Model, Not a Business Plan | WSJ – [link].