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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

But he was getting uneasy that as his headcount was growing the productivity of his marketing department seemed to be rapidly declining. It wasn’t that I had somehow inherited dumb employees. No one had differentiated a startup job description from a large company job. I wasn’t surprised. This is a big idea.

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Branding Secrets Of The World’s Best Brands

crowdSPRING Blog

A Brand Should Have A Good Name and Logo. A strong company (or product) name is easily recognizable and is important to good branding. How do you differentiate yourself from your competitors? The above questions are important not only for selecting a strong company name, but also for selecting a strong logo.

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10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company

crowdSPRING Blog

If you need help or simply don’t have the time (it took us nearly 50 hours to name “crowdSPRING&# ), you can leverage crowdSPRING’s community of more than 64,000 designers and writers to come up with your company name or a product name. Examples: Apple, Google, Virgin, Southwest). But there are risks.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

But with so many investors still licking their wounds from the dot-com bust, many focused on proven business models, such as advertising or e-commerce. An understanding of product-market fit? What’s your differential business strategy? Your differential growth strategy? Your differential product?

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

It was a lovely tribute, but ultimately I decided that I needed to step in front of my company and put my own name on the door (plus, folks had a ton of trouble knowing how to pronounce the name). Then I went the traditional route of having my own name front and center, as Rebecca West Interiors. Photo Credit: Bob Merberg.

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