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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

Businesses come to us with a problem (usually they are lacking sales or traffic). The women in her life are named Maria” (Mary – A very common name in Portugal). I then researched as many words that related to growth or moving upwards. Thesaurus.com is your best friend here. The idea of breaking out of a box came to mind.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness. Failure plagues those who believe in the traditional business plan; the long-term planning model; the belief that sales and marketing numbers are facts.

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