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24 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. 1- Brainstorming, domain name and being formal. Like most entrepreneurs, I get my best ideas in the early morning. Photo Credit: Ian Naylor.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

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Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Wouldn’t we be a bit hypocritical if we talked with entrepreneurs about innovation and change but we weren’t willing to take it on ourselves? What’s up with that? See what we did there?

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The One Word That Shouldn’t Exist in an Entrepreneur’s Vocabulary

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The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. You can’t just name your own price.” We had also just been upgrade from London to Baltimore. I’ve been pitched by hundreds of entrepreneurs who never actually asked me whether I would invest. Stay with me. She was a natural leader. “What?

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Yarina, Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global, was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare, one of many awards the company has received for its work. Yarina spoke about the meaning of Sisu in Finnish, the importance of building community, and what she loves about being in Baltimore. The majority of our $2.9M

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Role Model Entrepreneur: Brad Bergersen Interview

Startup Professionals Musings

A few days ago I met a 26 year-old entrepreneur with an attitude that exemplifies what I believe it takes to succeed in this new economy and new world. Brad: My name is Brad Bergersen, and I am the President and founder of 24K Brokers, Inc. Marty: When did you know that you were destined to be an entrepreneur? Marty Zwilling.

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This Week’s Keynote Presentations

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I’m hoping to speak later this year in Philly, for example, where I’ll likely be in November and/or December (also in Annapolis so maybe Washington DC and/or Baltimore?). We have tons of entrepreneurs but our technology community has historically been splintered across town and across industries.

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The Power of Twitter in Information Discovery

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They had a lock on “distribution&# and were named AOL, Yahoo!, It’s how I met Brian Sierakowski from the Greater Baltimore Tech Council who organized an entrepreneur lunch for me when I was passing through town last week. Excite, Netscape & MSN. And how I met Tristan Walker as I chronicled in this post.

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