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How To Create A Brand Name For Your Company

Duct Tape Marketing

How To Create A Brand Name For Your Company written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. He also has a new book: Brand Naming: The Complete Guide to Creating a Name for Your Company, Product, or Service. 5:20] Are there attributes from a general perspective that your brand name should have? [6:55]

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. If the VC your talking to raised its last fund in 2002 then they likely don’t have much fire power for new investments. Why does vintage matter to you?

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

The Past (1985-2002). Next began the era of “spam-based&# networks of which Plaxo (founded in 2002) was the king. consumer companies were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video. We have been using social networks for 25+ years.

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The Most Challenging Part of Becoming a Freelance Developer.

Software By Rob

My Experience Back in 2002/2003 I spent hours writing a sales letter and emailing it to 15 local design firms, offering my services as an outsourced development staff (I coded in PHP,NET and Java at the time). I increased by rate nearly 30% in 3 months due to the amount of work coming my way.

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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

This piqued my interest partly because of my own position as a woman in the still male-dominated tech industry, but also because the company I work for Palo Alto Software is led by a female CEO with very strong ideas about women, motherhood, and family-friendly policies. This is not a man that blows his own trumpet.

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What Defines Your Company Culture?

Up and Running

Similarly, in it’s own 2002 study, the communications agency Cone found that 77 percent of respondents said that a company’s commitment to social issues was a major factor when deciding where to work,” writes CEO of TOMS shoes Blake Mycoskie, in his book Start Something That Matters. Give credit where credit is due. Fun events.

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How to Come up with Hundreds of Business Ideas

Up and Running

The higher your score, the bigger the discount you’ll receive on your insurance policy come the three month review period. I’ll leave you with one last example: consider GoPro , t he camera company that got started in 2002. Most were plastic, or they were made using boring wood, or they were poorly shaped, poorly finished—you name it.