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27 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. Coming up with our business name, Stellar Villa, was quite a process. This allowed us to knock a few more names off the list.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. So they began signing up Spanish-language content producers in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico and so forth.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

He grew up in Colombia, South America. You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. But the current company he’s created, which I won’t name – he just knows it’s not going to be a $1 billion company. I grew up in Northern California. How do you define yourself?

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

My dad was an immigrant from Colombia. The right company and colleagues are better than the perfect title, role or brand name. They called the partner in America responsible for the project, Grieg Coppe, put him on the phone and he said, “what the hell are you doing there?” I left Accenture a year before making Partner.

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Austin Pitch Slam for Innovate!2010

Austin Startup

Held at the IBM Innovation Center, the Austin Pitch Slam is an opportunity for local tech and communications entrepreneurs to vie for a chance at being named to the Innovate!100 Based on the G/Score™ rating system, one company will be named a semi-finalist. Full disclosure: Startup District is a media partner for this event.

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14 Entrepreneurs Describe The BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) For Their Business?

Hearpreneur

BHAG is one day be able to truly focus on what is ahead and its achievability and aim to change my goals always to stay relevant to my customers, employees, market, partners, investors and the society. That may not sound like much, but I’m a massage therapist by profession without even one biology class to my name!

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Comsys was founded in 1994 when it initially produced a PC modem and then gradually changed its focus to develop processors for 3G mobile devices, which it sold to its strategic partner, Texas Instruments Inc. 8 ISRAELI START-UPS NAMED RED HERRING 100 WINNERS. ISRAEL’S MA INDUSTRIES BUYS ALBAUGH FOR $1 BLN. percent in 2011.