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Crowdsourcing Your Product Name

Software By Rob

Product naming is hard. Too many factors come into play when looking for a name and it’s almost impossible to decide on the right name once you’ve stared at the same list for a week straight. The Approach A while back Patrick contacted a handful of Academy members and asked for opinions on potential product names.

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Hear me on the Startup Success Podcast

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I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation.

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Software By Rob

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. Luckily several thousand people have decided to stick around and join the conversation. 2 Aiesha on 11.03.09

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Startup Marketing: The Nine Levels of Traffic Quality

Software By Rob

I cover topics that affect software and web startups of all sizes, but mostly relating to startups you can fund yourself. 11 Why Free Plans Don’t Work | Software by Rob on 08.18.10 13 Why You Should Start Marketing the Day You Start Coding | Software by Rob on 10.16.10 13 comments ↓ #1 Rex Dixon on 01.12.10

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

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Thus, join the ranks of Yahoo, Google, Amazon, eBay, Cisco and Microsoft and focus your limited time and resources on perfecting your customer value proposition, not on devising an ideal company name. When selecting your company and product names, consider the following: Uniquely Familiar. Intuitive URL. Avoid Hyphens.

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