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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

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Mark Suster (GRP Partners VC) nails it in this (audio, summary blog post) clip I borrowed from a recent ThisWeekInVentureCapital (#twivc) episode. I'd be happy to sign an nda. You're going to spend many multiples of what the domain name would have cost you to create brand recognition. But don't take my word for it.

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Startup Lessons for the Proto-Founder

www.metamorphblog.com

Originally, SpeakerText was going to be a tool for journalists (I was a journo) to automatically transcribe and search within their audio interviews. link] Matt Mireles NDA for pitching?!? link] Matt Mireles NDA for pitching?!? But I pitched smart people…and dumb people––and learned from both. Tiny, contracting market.

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