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25 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

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- Alliteration of an existing name. I came up with my business name by finding one unique trait that defines my business personality.

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Texas goes to Kansas City for the Kauffman Foundation Eship Summit

Austin Startup

Trey Bowles from The Dallas Entrepreneurship Center (The DEC), Joshua Baer from Capital Factory, JR Reale from Station Houston, and Preston James from DivInc together in Kansas City, MO for the Kauffman Foundation Eship Summit. The Kauffman Foundation is the non-profit name synonymous with entrepreneurship.

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How to Raise Money When You’re Not in a Major VC Market

Both Sides of the Table

And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. Where do you want to build your community, your relationships, your family?” If their commitment to staying local is weak I normally say, “Well, it certainly would be easier on you to be in a larger community.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

But it’s rare that an entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t leverage their background in some way to launch their business. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. 9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program.

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How Decisions Define Our Business Destiny

Duct Tape Marketing

02:15] What’s a typical day of turns for an entrepreneur? [03:25] So, I mean, what's a typical day of turns, you know, look like for an entrepreneur? In the day of an entrepreneur. Finally, it’s important to be adaptable and learn from hindsight to make better decisions in the future. Steve McKee (12:47): That's right.

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Transcript of How to Reliably Generate Big Ideas for Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

So, let’s start…you know, brainzooming is not an everyday name, in fact you’ve trademarked it. Mike Brown: Well, brainzooming, the name is probably about 10 years old. I was sitting at my desk, and I didn’t really have a name for what we were doing. That may be a name.”

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24 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Out of necessity. After thinking about how much I enjoyed helping her business grow and learning all I could about business structure, marketing, SEO and social media to name a few, I decided to take these new skills and help other small business owners.