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Stealth Mode Entrepreneurs Only Increase the Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are seven ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. With most others, like web services, incubation time must be short, and secrecy can be the kiss of death.

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7 Reasons For Your Startup to Skip Stealth Mode

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are six ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. 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

We've also found that online video really helps with search engine optimization. There was a recent study which showed that adding a video makes it 53 times more likely that you'll have a Google first page search result. What's your background, and where did the idea for the business come from?

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Why It’s Not Healthy To Be A Stealthy Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some of the ways this can actually help your startup efforts, rather than hurt them: Initiate media interest. These days, new technologies and social trends are fanned from an ember into a flame by the media and word-of-mouth. People talk to people, and even competitors freely exchange news on trends and discoveries.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

SoCal CTO

In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. What were those and how is that changing now given how things are changing in social media? I'll be interested to see what it turns into. How did you do that?

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