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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I bought Forevervinyl.com back in 1995 and went online. I decided to focus on providing complete digital marketing services like web strategy, website development and full suite of digital marketing. As founder Craig Walker remarked, sometimes a great name just can go unused. 11- Quite simple. 12- Homage to my dad.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Pierre Omidyar founded AuctionWeb in September of 1995, and its rise to fame is legendary. What started as a web site to trade laser pointers and Beanie Babies (the Pez dispenser start is quite literally a legend), today enables transactions of approximately $100B per year. Exchange of Goods Marketplaces.