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50+ Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When I returned to Nigeria from Germany looking to create a dedicated (online) hotel booking agency for Nigerians, I wanted my company to communicate in the simplest terms possible what our value proposition was. We are committed to delivering affordable and convenient bookings to our customers anywhere in Nigeria.

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Episode 3: A Startup Comic Book Company, How to Find a Mentor, and #BigData – The Bcast

Up and Running

We had a conversation. Jonathan: Yeah, not every Kickstarter campaign is successful. That might be because the idea itself is bad, or maybe you just didn’t execute the campaign well enough to get enough people interested in the idea. Jonathan: The Kickstarter campaign went well for them. How do you have that conversation?

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Starbucks As Race Uniter: P**s Everyone Off Equally

Venture Chronicles

And of course their is a #racetogether hashtag campaign. This only reinforced the perception that this was little more than a marketing gimmick and the company really wasn’t interested in a “conversation” Euphemistically or not. Look no further than the kidnapped school girls in Nigeria.

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