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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. 1- Name to signify the beginning of an end. 3- My name and the work we do. So, I kept it simple: my name and the work we do: Brill Media.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. But you may ask: “What else have you done other than change your name?

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See More than 120 Speakers and Mentors at The Lean Startup Conference

Startup Lessons Learned

When you look through the list , you’ll see big names that we’re very pleased we landed, epic companies we really want to hear from, and people we’re particularly excited to present because they have incredible stories to share--and you won’t hear them anyplace else. He’ll talk with Eric Ries about how companies successfully scale.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

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Innovator Behind a New Tech App That Makes it Effortless To Do Some Good

Hearpreneur

Coin Up is an innovative social impact app, enabling users to “round up and donate” their everyday credit or debit card transactions until reaching a self-designated monthly goal. How did you come up with your business name? We took a little while to come up with the right name! The great news for charities and donors alike?

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Top 9 Best CRMs for Small Businesses in 2019

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After all, while you want consistency in some of your marketing – you want a strong business name , a great logo design , and consistent branding – you also want to be sure that your messages are tailored differently to different groups of customers. Need email ? Accounting software? A customer service system ?

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

Both Sides of the Table

The first step we took was to choose a brand name that we felt represented our shared values and that we felt helped force us to live our values. But as LA as a tech community grew massively the percentage of our LA deals went from 15% to 50% from 1996 to 2010 and it has remained solid since then. Branding & Shared Values.