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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

infochachkie.com

Google is not descriptive of the company’s search core competency nor was it particularly easy to pronounce, spell or remember when the site was initially launched. Amazon – While arguably better than the company’s initial name, “Cadabra.com”, “Amazon” does not convey the company’s initial core competency of online book sales.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

The technical side is fairly easy, and many people could do it. Our value is built on the non-technical stuff, which relies on a network of people and resources that have taken years to develop. Whether or not the new distribution models ultimately took off, its a good bet that the world would be a little less red today.

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