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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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The women in her life are named Maria” (Mary – A very common name in Portugal). We had to book our own gigs and promote the band, so we figured out at the ripe old age of 16 that we needed a professional manager. His real name is Stan Eisen, so we adopted the last name and became Eisen Management Group. 14 – Sea Turtles.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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ClickFacts itself is now based in San Francisco, and continues to work hard to help advertisers and ad-networks manage their risk and security, exactly as it set out to do seven years ago. In fact, Loopt was itself acquired earlier this year, by banking company Green Dot for $43.4 Latin America. Middle East.