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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

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. I then ran a crowdsourced contest on crowdSpring to come up with ideas for the name. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name.

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Micro-Multinationals, And How They Will Define Our Era

YoungUpstarts

Back in early 2003, a Dane named Janus Friis and a Swede named Niklas Zennström had an idea for a software application, and founded a business with the help of three Estonian software developers. They set about registering an internet domain name and preparing for the release of a Beta version of their app later that year.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. 4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan. 10- Elon Musk.

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How do I get my first few customers?

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

But this was 2003 when AdWords was new. Because I have an unfair advantage in my network, because I’ve invested in blogging for three years. Because through speaking around the world and mentoring at Capital Factory I’ve earned an amazing network of advisors. I bought ads for $0.05/click Can you just copy that?

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When being an “expert” is harmful

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Somehow my version of “lean&# customer discovery involved hour long phone calls, relationship-building networking meetings, vague answers to improperly formulated questions… In the past week of quick phone calls to vendors, I’ve learned more about this market than I did in the past year.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

But, before they were big names, they were simply a team that needed additional money urgently to pay their website development firm. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. I used traditional methods of funding, namely bank loans, for the purchase.

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20 Networking Tips from a PR Expert [+ GIVEAWAY]

Up and Running

I didn’t start actively networking until I started my business in 2003. I have always said that if I had networked like this when I first started working in the early 1980s, I would be Queen of the World by now. Networking is a tool that opens and gets you through the door. Be network-smart. I have a secret.

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