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24 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. 1- Brainstorming, domain name and being formal. We chose otium as the basis of our name, which is latin for ease, peace, calm and leisure.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. We wanted our name to reflect both the changes we’ve made and how we plan to operate for the next 20 years. But you may ask: “What else have you done other than change your name?

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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

Both Sides of the Table

You can’t just name your own price.” We had also just been upgrade from London to Baltimore. Tell them I’ll stay if they’ll give it to me for 120 Euros. “What? You want … what?” ” “Mark. You can’t do that! ” Me. “Of course I can. See what you can do. .”

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. The majority of our $2.9M

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LLC Costs and Fees You Need to Know as a Small Business Owner

Up and Running

Business name search. Before registering your LLC, you’ll need to choose a business name if you haven’t already. And be sure you follow any naming rules your state requires. For example, Texas requests all LLC names contain “limited liability company” or “limited company” or any abbreviation of these phrases.

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This Week’s Keynote Presentations

Both Sides of the Table

I’m hoping to speak later this year in Philly, for example, where I’ll likely be in November and/or December (also in Annapolis so maybe Washington DC and/or Baltimore?). I don’t really proactively ask often to speak at events but I’m always open to it provided it’s somewhere that I already need / want to be.

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The ROI of Lead Scoring

Duct Tape Marketing

While that may sound like a lot of information to gather in a simple lead form, the good news is that many companies provide accurate data appending services – so you need only ask a few questions (Name, Title, Company, E-mail) on the form; the rest of the blanks can often be completed by the data appending company.