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Crowdsourcing Your Product Name

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. Product naming is hard. Too many factors come into play when looking for a name and it’s almost impossible to decide on the right name once you’ve stared at the same list for a week straight. I’m surprised the name was available.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars. One common mistake is to equate “IP” with “code” or other technical contributions.

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The 6 Most Common Mistakes That Inexperienced Amazon Sellers Make

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Similarly, a section of the Seller Code of Conduct lists the required standards and defines unethical sales practices. The design of the Amazon trading platform and the bad reputation give your store a large customer base, but this is due to the loss of the ability to send customers back to the seller’s site. MISTAKE #4.

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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

Most small businesses, growing startups , and individual entrepreneurs do not have ready access to legal counsel. Ideally, the trademark registration process should begin as soon as you’ve narrowed down a selection of possible marks, including business or product names, logos , and slogans. The do-it-yourself approach.

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20 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

To that end, I am diligently working to make Hope Boulevard a resource and a home for all things encouraging. I had three goals: match the name for the intended industry and make the name easy to remember. We had a particularly interesting time developing the name for our men’s leggings business. Thanks to J.

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7 Must Have Features If You Sell Products Online

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Cheaper prices, more selection due to reduced costs in storing inventory (no limited shelf space like in the real world), and because of our marvelous global postal system, it can be very quick, even when ordering from a country on the other side of the planet. The 7 Online Shopping Criteria Every E-Commerce Entrepreneur Must Meet.

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Hear me on the Startup Success Podcast

Software By Rob

Join nearly 6,000 startup entrepreneurs by subscribing to my RSS feed. October 28th, 2009 | Cool News, Links & Reviews , Micropreneurship , Startups Building your startup? Im a serial web entrepreneur here to share what Ive learned in my 11 years as a self-funded startup founder. You can download the MP3 here.