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25 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. I credit my co-founder Eric Frothingham with coming up with our name. 2- Combination of two names. 6- Name describing our story.

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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. For example, when we started, we had a different name because we thought we could solve all the world’s problems. As an immigrant from Argentina, I took a career path based on opportunities presented to me by mentors and professors followed by my complete determination and arduous work.

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The four waves of crypto disruption: where are they today? 

Version One Ventures

But you only have to talk to people from high inflation countries like Argentina or Venezuela to understand the appeal of a globally-accessible and permissionless digital currency. Given the stability of the US dollar, Bitcoin’s value proposition as a store of value may not be easy to grasp for the mainstream user in the U.S.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA. Argentina became the last of the South American Mercosur trade block of four to sign a free trade agreement with Israel. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there.

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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Since we had no money to afford a professional translation service, I took advantage of the fact that Israel is very much a country of immigrants and asked for help from my relatives from Brazil and Argentina to do our Portuguese and Spanish localizations (thank you Luciana and Jaco!). These, too, were highly effective. What a splurge!

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

I had come across a guy from the US named Michael Rhattigan who had transfered from the Chicago office to a place called Sophia Antipolis in the south of France (mid way between Nice & Cannes). He introduced me to a senior guy from the “network solutions&# practice, a Dutchman named Valentijn Bonger. Then he devastated me.

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[Infographic] Business Etiquette Around The World

YoungUpstarts

For example, name-dropping and nepotism, while common and widely practiced in Argentina, is largely frowned upon elsewhere. The way people do business around the world can differ by quite a bit; what may be acceptable or appropriate in one business culture can be an utter faux pas in another.

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