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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

“No competitors” may mean no market (give up now), or customers are happy with alternatives (keep their car rather than ride the new fast train). Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. Customers are more forgiving of early visible changes in direction, and the cost is much lower for you.

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7 Reasons For Your Startup to Skip Stealth Mode

Startup Professionals Musings

“No competitors” may mean no market (give up now), or customers are happy with alternatives (keep their car rather than ride the new fast train). Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. With most others, like web services, incubation time must be short, and secrecy can be the kiss of death.

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

socalTECH

Wondering how, as a small business, you can reach customers in the YouTube age? Well, Los Angeles based Near Networks (www.nearnetworks.com) is looking to both reach customers online, and avoid the tacky, lousy production of typical small business ads, with a new service. Finally, what's the next big goal for the company?

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Why It’s Not Healthy To Be A Stealthy Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

“No competitors” may mean no market (give up now), or customers are happy with alternatives (keep their car rather than ride the new fast train). Time is your biggest enemy, and customer feedback is your biggest ally. With most others, like web services, incubation time must be short, and secrecy can be the kiss of death.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

That's where I learned I enjoyed interacting with customers and working with development teams to build and launch products. In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. I'll be interested to see what it turns into.

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