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10 Tips for Startups and Small Businesses on Naming Your Company

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One great example is Minnesota Manufacturing and Mining. Initially, the name worked because the business was focused on Minnesota. But once the company grew beyond their industry and the state of Minnesota, they needed to find a new name – 3M. If you plan only to work in your city, then this might serve you well.

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Post-Americanism

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At betaworks were trying to create a different seed stage business model (John wrote about this a little more here ), at least a bit, and though we might be "obscure even among Web insiders," by nature of being located here in New York we tend (and are right now designed) to have more activities here. Today it wouldnt make the top ten.

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

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Overall, nonventure-backed companies fail more often than venture-backed companies in the first four years of existence, typically because they dont have the capital to keep going if the business model doesnt work, Harvards Mr. Ghosh says. INTERNET BUSINESSES. Business Services (B2B). General Internet. -