Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

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.

Technical Review 117

Technical Review CTO Hire Finance Stealth 117

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.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) « Upgraded your iPhone to OS 3 but files are missing? We think the most important principle is that the CTO is the go-to point for all technology in the business.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review CTO Hire 40

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. Have an account? To this day, the purpose of the site is still secret.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

As a CEO of a technological startup, I often need to find trustworthy information as quickly as possible. Moreover, I like inspiring myself with interesting online business models and Wikipedia is a great example of a user-generated content-based website. And he is not afraid to take bold bets on new technologies and business models.

Artificial Inteligence 76

Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Technical Review Software Review 76

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Now with over 917 interviews of beneficiaries (users, program managers, stakeholders, etc.), Over the course of the class, each team will have talked to 100 beneficiaries/ stakeholders/ users. In these last three weeks the benefit of having a team of mixed business and technical resources becomes apparent. It’s a ton of work.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley San Diego Technical Review Incubator 120

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. Innovid has developed an interactive pre-roll ad format called iRoll, that encourages users to click on moving objects with the interactive ads before watching the video. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2 Innovid raised $4.1

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. venturebeat ]. Calcalist Hebrew ]. Other venture capital links.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? For young entrepreneurs, especially non-technical founders like myself, it feels like our big idea is all we have, and we want to guard it like a defenseless baby. Follow @mashable. see more > Search. Watercooler.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Michael Wolf’s deck on the Future of Tech and Media shows that messaging will soon blow past social media as the dominant media activity and will add 1 billion new users by 2018. At the beginning, there’s a high level of human involvement needed to train the AI bot on what the user is really asking for and how to best solve their need.

Artificial Inteligence 60

Artificial Inteligence Aggregator Stealth Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 2, 2022

2021 may have been a bad year for some people especially due to COVID-19 pandemic while, to others, it was a great year. We embraced technology and the human need to stay connected. Thanks to Teo Vanyo, Stealth Agents ! #20- Too many tech companies downplay the value of their human resource ; ours remains our greatest asset.

Entrepreneur 125

Entrepreneur Jordan Employee Revenue 125

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Stealth mode” and other f’ing brilliant strategies – [link]. Chicago magazine writes about the tech scene here at 1871 – [link]. Facebook Drives More Traffic to Retail, But Pinterest Users Spend More – Study - [link]. Does Your Company Pay For Social Media Reviews? - [link]. Literally – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Darnell – If a back-end tech guy can copy it, you probably need to build the business idea more.

Stealth 68

Stealth Startup NDA Cofounder 68

ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In 2012, Facebook experimented on 700,000 users without their consent when analyzing mood states. One example is so-called “ stealth neuromarketing ,” which tries to manipulate consumer behavior without their being aware of its influence, threatening consumer autonomy. How is the data being used? These aren’t hypothetical concerns.

Software Review 105

Software Review Advertising Stealth Campaign 105

thenextweb.com

OCTOBER 17, 2011

And what can you do to increase the odds of a press avalanche that will leave users begging to be let in a la Kohort ? Start off right by making it incredibly easy for potential users to sign up. Users like Robert Scoble have a heavy say in what people will embrace. 3 Don’t go too stealth. 1 A viral launch page.

Social Media 67

Social Media Stealth India Startup 67

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 11, 2012

Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – [link]. So what exactly is a tech company? Sequoia Confirms Existence of “Stealth” Scout Program. Building It Is Not Enough: 5 Practical Tips On User Acquisition – [link]. Four Things to Get Right When Starting a Company – [link].

Social Media 92

Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 30, 2009

Build a world-class technology platform, with patent-pending algorithms and the ability to scale to millions of simultaneous users. Build the product in stealth mode to build buzz for the eventual launch. Stealth is a customer-free zone. Conduct constant focus groups and usability tests. We can skip the chasm.

San Francisco 150

San Francisco Lean Agile Continuous Deployment 150

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2009

That’s because Five Whys will often pierce the illusion of separate departments and discover the human problems that lurk beneath the surface of supposedly technical problems. But if we stay stuck at the technical parts of the problem, and never uncover the human problems behind them, we’re not going far enough.

San Francisco 164

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Software Review 164

JANUARY 9, 2014

In the startup world there’s been a culture of solution or technology first, whereas I believe we should be taking a more people-centred approach to building products and services. Unless the thing you’re building has real value to someone, it’s just a vanity project, no matter the technology.

Early Stage 102

Early Stage Startup Cofounder Design 102

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice – [link]. Good post on the importance of immediate feedback and user experience – [link]. One of the best essays on recruiting a high performing team for your startup – [link]. Difficult is good (about working with “difficult&# entrepreneurs) – [link].

Social Media 95

Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Occam's Razor

APRIL 23, 2012

But it created joy and delight from a wonderful user experience. When someone clicks on the product reviews tab, that is a micro-conversion. I was advising a stealth mobile application company (hello future one billion Facebook dollars!) Instead, they deliver small moments of joy. That was 7 dates. So do the right thing.

Metrics 152

Metrics Analytics Search Channel 152

Software By Rob

AUGUST 11, 2009

Why would someone pay $299 per user when there’s a perfectly suitable alternative available for free?! 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. 299/user for Vault vs. $0/user for Subversion?

Open Source 62

Open Source Software Review Non-Compete Software 62

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so we think that the model flipped to a model where, today, where the most interesting and advanced new technology now comes out for the consumer first. Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22