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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

Game streaming continues to grow in 2021 – According to StreamElements 2020 year in review , game streaming broke new records in 2020. Disclaimer: we have three portfolio companies in the consumer mobile space, still in stealth). The “creator economy” will prosper in 2021. This may also trickle down to Google and Amazon.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

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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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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. YC companies use Hacker News to post jobs and have strong community groups, as does 500 Startups. Most of the startups we’ve backed at Homebrew don’t rush to announce their funding.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford – Weeks 8 and 9

Steve Blank

But a decade earlier as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, he was the father of the second offset strategy using software and semiconductors to build smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth aircraft that helped end the Cold War. Perry eventually became the 19th secretary of defense. WEEK 8 Presentation.

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Where are the opportunities for machine learning startups? [guest post]

VC Cafe

The Curious AI Company , a General AI company whose first venture is waste sorting (the very definition of unsexy but lucrative), reportedly aims to sell its AI software as a toolkit. Graphcore (in stealth, see this video at 28:58) calls them Intelligent Processor Units. What might these technologies do? Is anyone doing this?

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10 Startup Red Flags

adamac.blogspot.com

I actually once had a very non-technical recruiter try to give me a technical interview (including coding) over the phone. Stealth-mode" is generally unecessary and more likely harmful to your startup (and calling it stealth-mode calls you out as a noob). Thats a REALLY bad sign. If its your company, bear this strongly in mind.

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How to Compete Against Open Source Competition

Software By Rob

And thus it is with the majority of open source software: Open source software is free if your time is worth nothing. I’m bracing my inbox for emails from disgruntled Gimp users explaining how charging for software is bad, commercial software is evil, and my mother dresses me funny. But I don’t buy it.