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25 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. We came up with our name Design House because it was literally what we were and where we were at the time. Image Credit : Steve Boyle.

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Are You Hiding Behind Your Business Name?

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Even if you aren’t a corporation or an LLC, your state government may have rules about what business name you can use. If your name is John Smith and you run a business called Smith House Painters , then you’re using a business alias (also known as a “trade name”). Why Have a Business Name? Why Must I Register?

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

Both Sides of the Table

I got responses back for DailyBurn, The Daily Plate and LoseIt (quick aside: on Twitter Bryce Roberts had send me the link to LoseIt but I couldn’t remember the name so I searched Twitter. Then I found out that Dave McClure had already invested along with many others in a Silicon Valley seed round even though the company is in Alabama.

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It’s Back & Better Than Ever! Announcing NextView’s Everyday Economy Virtual Accelerator

View from Seed

Higher: Birmingham, Alabama . Instead, the sole goal of the program is results , namely: Demonstrably advancing a startup towards true product-market fit. This model has produced a wide array of geographic diversity at a national scale, which we are aiming to replicate in the upcoming cohort. Allay Health: Seattle, Washington.

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Top Social Media Measurement and Tracking Tools

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T ool: Curalate URL: Curalate.com What it does: Monitors and measures traffic from “visual-based platforms”—namely (for now, at least) Pinterest. First Name. Company Name. * and the impact of those for our traffic.” Erin Hoskins, Senior Marketing Director, New Media, Meredit h. Industry Offers & Promotions. Digital Editions.

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10 Entrepreneurs Share What Their Favorite Part of Running a Business Is

Hearpreneur

There are aspects of business I love and having my own company has allowed me to focus on working on those, namely helping other business owners prepare for success, plan, and protect what they achieve. My company was started as a gift for an eight year old Alabama fan who was struck by a car. He is an Auburn fan.

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

Up and Running

When asked to name a time when his business struggled the most, Keith Ferguson quickly points to the economic recession. In the waste management sector, unemployment in 2009 and 2010 hit 10.5 and 11 percent , respectively—double what it was in 2008, and triple what it was in 2005.