Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

When I think, of a “disruptor,” the first name that comes to mind is Elon Musk. They continue to provide superior customer service by ensuring their storing and syncing capabilities are top-notch. It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

An invention with great commercial potential; a catchy business name; artworks and innovative designs. Trademarks prevent other businesses “piggybacking” on your brand to poach customers or damage your reputation. Representations of a brand including the name, slogans, jingles and logos can be protected under the Trademarks Act 1994.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. He belongs to that Mount Rushmore of American CEOs, along with names like Carnegie, Ford, and Jobs. When you’re that great, you only need one name).

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

After a particularly embarrassing math bug in 1994 that cost Intel $475 million, the company decided to fix the problem by allowing it’s microprocessors to load fixes automatically when your computer starts. Yet the one company’s name that hasn’t come up as part of the surveillance network is Intel. The Dog That Never Barked.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Customers are first asked to fill out an in depth profile to help identify their size, style, and preferences. Lastly, I asked a few women that were not customers to try the service.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2016

Although charge cards were basic, they were effective and make it possible for customers to make their purchase, without carrying physical money. Although PayPal was introduced in 1998, consumers have been buying and selling online since 1994. Online Shopping.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

When I started investing in 1994, I was involved with a few large companies. That we’d do all kinds of vague and unspecified things together in the name of innovation. My first company (Feld Technologies) was one of the first Microsoft Solution Providers ( Dwayne Walker , are you still out there somewhere?)

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

It was initially named Martin’s Free House, before changing its name to Wetherspoon earlier the following year. The following year, the first airport pub was opened in Heathrow and in the same year they were also named J D Wetherspoon plc, opening their 50 th pub. The company’s chains initially only expanded in North London.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2015

Employees use a slew of apps — from those involving resource and customer relationship management to those for the financial and human resources departments — in order to complete their mission-critical tasks. Currently, big names like IBM and Red Hat have each released app marketplaces.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. Joyce Wafukho used her small savings to open a hardware store in 1994. He now serves upwards of 100 customers a day and has done well enough to start “Gumbo Under the Bridge,” a program to feed the homeless.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Mostly, he strives to make his customers happy. Danny K’s boasts 19 pool tables, near-daily pool tournaments, a full bar and kitchen, 41 TVs and 8 HD screens showing virtually any sport, and an all-pervasive focus on customer service. How did you come up with your business name? Tell us about your products and services.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Mostly, he strives to make his customers happy. Danny K’s boasts 19 pool tables, near-daily pool tournaments, a full bar and kitchen, 41 TVs and 8 HD screens showing virtually any sport, and an all-pervasive focus on customer service. How did you come up with your business name? Tell us about your products and services.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

So read on and be inspired… At 30 Years of Age, Tianyi Joe Zhu, Chicago Entrepreneur, Named Amongst the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business. About Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC): The Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1994.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 23, 2014

For example, in 1994 Jeff Bezos founded Amazon from his garage in Washington, and Harley-Davidson started out of a home—and a shed—in Wisconsin. Last night’s dishes are calling your name, sitcoms are waiting for you on your DVR, and the beautiful weather is luring you outside for a nice long walk. Finding customers.

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blogs.computerworlduk.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Formed in the name of "preventing lock-in" mainly as a competitive action by IBM and Microsoft in the midst of unseemly political knife-play with Sun, they went on to create massively complex layered specifications for conducting transactions across the Internet. startupcto

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Bezos reimagined the way leaders write, speak, and motivate teams and customers. No name for a company transforms the idea into one of the world's most admired brands. Remember, Bezos did not have a name for his company, and he didn't have a company. Now, these tools are available to you. So plus John, look, we're storytellers.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

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. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they came up with their business name. #1- 1- Suggestive and evocative name.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 27, 2010

It was a customer-focused point of view." Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Inktomi and GoTo to name just a few. And obviously their customer-centric focus really tracked the way that Bezos looks at the world. So was it luck? Or foresight? In Bezos' words, "There was no business plan. They had a vision. Alta Vista.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 15, 2017

in it and that flimsy name-dropping “Blockchain Revolution” book was being published [fyi, that book is garbage], the African-American community has already been quietly working on blockchain/DLT technology and here is where this wonderful article begins. Stuff CNBC and other media outlets don’t want to acknowledge.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 18, 2011

From Brandt in the WSJ : In the summer of 1994, Mr. Bezos quit his job in New York as a vice president at the financial-services firm D.E. The company’s original name, Cadabra, was nixed after someone misheard it as “cadaver.” The desks were made from cheap doors, with sawed-off two-by-fours for legs.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

It was a customer-focused point of view.” Remember this was 1998 not 1994. Inktomi and GoTo to name just a few. And obviously their customer-centric focus really tracked the way that Bezos looks at the world. So was it luck? Or foresight? In Bezos' words, “…There was no business plan…They had a vision. Alta Vista.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Talked about the, the idea of getting your customers, your prospects in the habit of buying from you or listening to you or following you habit based marketing, download, nudge, wherever you get your podcasts. (00:47): So I've been on boards, you know, going back to 1994 was my first board shortly after I sold my first company.

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abovethecrowd.com

JANUARY 30, 2015

In their seminal 1994 book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies , Jim Collins and Jerry Poras coined the term BHAG (pronounced BEE-hag) — an acronym that stands for “ B ig H airy A udacious G oal.” As we turn the page to 2015, Uber has a new BHAG, and it’s name is UberPool. “Can you take me Higher?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2012

For those of us who were around in the wild days of the internet’s infancy, the fact that the familiar name is still an existing entity might come as a surprise. Though they retained the name and url, AltaVista search was acquired by Yahoo! WebCrawler. Once known as AskJeeves, Ask.com is another longtime player in the online world.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2009

This was about the time Christies and Sotheby’s were starting to auction Soviet space program artifacts , and I was thinking that perhaps a spacesuit in the lobby would be appropriate given our name. How did your skills in sales and marketing and your ability to discover and validate customers run aground at Rocket Science?

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Brandanew

JANUARY 8, 2016

The pace of technology has altered the way we view digital and connect with our customers. Most small business and Startup founders are talking about customer engagement and social presence beyond the customary likes and one-post-a-month schedules. Name: Kirsten Bailey is the Founder/Owner of 5 Starr Salon and Spa.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2019

BHAGs were established by management guru Jim Collins in his 1994 book “ Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great) “ , co-authored with Stanford professor Jerry Porras. Microsoft worked to become a household name in the world of desktop and laptop computers. What’s a BHAG?

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 7, 2017

According to Eric Samson , a marketer’s success is: contingent on their ability to influence customer behaviors which makes doing marketing an exercise in consumer psychology. Gather and display positive testimonials to create a social group of happy customers. Without marketing, products and services exist in a vacuum.

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