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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

MARQUEE – “MARQ” symbolizing that working with MARQETED would elevate your brand and industry reputation to a new level and above your competition. Ran reports through a IP lawyer, they were all taken or didn’t sound good. Peacock didn’t sound as good but Conure another name for parakeet sounded good and passed the IP/trademark test.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years).

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. Purchase IP from the vendors. But maybe.Net, too, has the potential to grow beyond itself and beyond the reputation of its coders. of course, you’re allowed to have your opinions. What did we do?

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Out of the Crisis #5, ANA Therapeutics: a possible COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic

Startup Lessons Learned

And while I didn't spend a great deal of time in research, I somehow pivoted into IP licensing, which led me to meet Nadja and we founded YourChoice Therapeutics together, and that's what led to the genesis of ANA Therapeutics. Akash Bakshi : Hi, my name is Akash. My background is in biochemistry and cell Biology as well as molecular biology.