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Steven Blank Kills It at Greycroft CEO Summit

Both Sides of the Table

We learned this weekend that it was named after his East Hampton home. We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. And market your brand, not your personality.

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Marketing and Growth Lessons for Uncertain Times

ConversionXL

At the same time, the company contained its operating costs and came out of the recession stronger, bigger, and more profitable than it had been in 1999. can introduce a ‘fighter brand,’ a lower-priced version of the premium offering sold under a different name and backed by minimal advertising.” Premium-brand market leaders [.]

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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. My company name is 3 Leaf Tea. The name is from when tea leaves get picked there’s often one two or three leaves and a bud.

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

After Mosaic, even Marc and his co-founder Jim Clark originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Super Highway , not the Internet. After AOL acquired Netscape in 1999, the browser wars ended and browser innovation stopped for many years. I am naming your car ‘La Bamba.’”

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Naming a Business. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. The offering to a consultant may affect your securities compliance in later offerings and will certainly add to further dilution to founders," Durkin says.

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about Thanks to Adam Hergenrother, Hergenrother Enterprises ! #12 12 – It was Just Time.

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Is LinkedIn Intro Good, Bad, or Impossible?

Feld Thoughts

One of the thoughtful notes I got was from Scott Petry – one of my good friends and co-founder of Authentic8 (we are investors). While controversial in 1999, DNS redirect-based services have become accepted across all ports and protocols. You need to know the host names of your service, the ports, encryption values, etc.

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