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Anyone has any rationale why some companies still prefer to remain in stealth mode on demo day? I'm confused by the "ideas are dime a dozen, execution is all that matters", "do not sign NDA" and the fact that in almost every batch of YCs, some companies still remain in stealth mode on demo day.

thanks for pointing it out! email added to profile

Looking forward to see a HN meetup in Shanghai, China. Does anyone have any plans? I'd be willing to help organize.

Another Linkedin Virus feature:

the default setting on group discussion is that whenever someone replies to a discussion, all the people who replied before get email notifications.

At one time, I thought Linkedin is nothing but a huge email spam machine.

Are you just building a landing page to test the market response?

It would be extremely helpful if you could provide a demo or mockup or sample of one of the interviews you have already completed. Is it going to be a short video or blog post or something else?

Wow, this is pretty cool. Bookmarked, and I will drop a line once our web app launches (within a month or so)

simple

1. hide identity: they don't want people to find out who they are

2. avoid competition: they don't want others to copy their business

calculate the NPV of (incremental revenue - required time & money to invest). If NPV > 0, go; Else, no go