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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

In 2011, our family was sitting around the dinner table brainstorming when our teenage daughter Mia had a great idea – starting a company that sells the best possible organic roasted seaweed in delicious flavors. Luckily I didn’t have to – a friend ended up texting me and my business partner, suggesting the name Codal.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

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This directory was created by New York-based digital agency Kettle , “because it’s easier for Indiana Jones to recover the Sankara Stones than for someone with an idea for an app to find a decent app developer,&# according to the site’s creators. Office for Mac 2011 Delivers the Good. Director, Digital Marketing - EA.

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Would You Outsource Your Startup to a SaaS?

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By Alex Williams / February 5, 2011 11:40 AM / 2 Comments Tweet Hacker News This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Developer Regan Wolfrom wrote the post.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., In early 2011 an acquisition by a Fortune 500 company fell apart. David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. Comcast Corp.,