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19 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Being a Trademark Attorney and owner of an Intellectual Property Law Firm, The Law Firm of Andrea Hence Evans, LLC, I know the importance of launching a business with a strong name that is not generic but rather suggestive and requires some thought or imagination. I started my company in 2005 as a full-service marketing agency.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

March 2005 (This essay is derived from a talk at the Harvard ComputerSociety.) You make elaborate plans for a product, hire a team of engineers to develop it (people who do this tend to use the term "engineer" for hackers), and then find after a year that youve spent two milliondollars to develop something no one wants.

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Why Free Plans Don't Work

Software By Rob

In early 2005 37signals stated they had 10,000 unique readers, so that works out to maybe 40,000 monthly. Since it is Excel based, we’re not giving up any intellectual property. . #42 Ruben on 08.19.10 In any case, I think it’s more useful to cite real numbers. source: [link] #43 burkestar on 08.19.10