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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

And really in PR, the best media coverage starts with the basic pitch. When I launched my social media consultancy in 2010, I knew I wanted to incorporate my name. I came up with the name Excel Global Partners for my corporate consulting firm because of the vision I had for the company. Nowlin, Excel Global Partners ! #10-

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

Instead, the global pandemic has turned 2020 into its most harrowing year. You become a global company. One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. If you're in the travel business, a global pandemic is an existential threat. And it was amazing how global travel was halted. What if it works?

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

So I was always doing linear programming and operations research stuff, and regression models and whatever to try to solve corporate strategy problems. Eric Ries : I think for a lot of people listening, they'll think to themselves, "Wait a minute, I was on social media at the same time as you were. We found each other.