Title: Common knowledge here on HN and among many startup folks is that ideas are worthless, and only execution counts.<p>If that's the case, why are some startups in stealth mode? If they have a great team that can execute, why should they care if anyone else knows what they are working on? If something is worthless, I shouldn't mind giving it to someone else. If I do mind someone else sharing what I have, it means I place some value on it.<p>Are some startups correct in wanting to be in stealth mode, or is it always a stupid idea?<p>If it makes sense that some startups should be in stealth mode, doesn't that imply that the knowledge of what they are working on has some value, which would mean that ideas sometimes do have value?<p>Maybe I'm missing something, either in what people mean by "ideas are worthless, execution is the only thing that counts", or in what people mean when they say that a startup is in stealth mode, or something else.<p>What do you guys think?
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