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24 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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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. 1- Initials of a longer name. With a different business model, we wanted a name that didn’t sound like areal estate brokerage.

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The CEO’s CEO

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In that role, he championed the acquisition of a little known company named Weblogic. In recognition of his phenomenal vision and execution, BEA named Alfred its new Chief Executive Officer in October 2001. Over time, every existing application will be rewritten to take advantage of the cloud and these benefits.

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

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Constrained by such an early and weak technology platform, companies built poor applications. And hence the great crash of 2000 and 2001. So the media, investors, mortgage bankers, the American public, me, you know, my neighbor, rating agencies, Congress, you name it. Much better.

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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If you haven’t noticed from my web site or blog, I work as a web applications developer and a consulting CTO. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! If you are a technology consultant and your name should be on this list, add a comment to this blog entry or contact me directly.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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First Name. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Software Development Engineer, Senior-IEB-Commercial Services (795929) Job -. APG - Associate - Application Developer (NON ALADDIN) -. Why use your real name? Confirm Email.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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But just to clarify a couple points, 24-hours into the storm: Yes,NET developers are great at what they do. It’s the most modern platform for application development on the planet. Microsoft has always produced the best tools for building internal business applications, and.NET is their masterpiece. I call bullshit.

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