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15 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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Then I came to my senses after I read somewhere that unless you are a celebrity, people are much more likely to search for keywords than your name, so it is best to have a company named after your keywords. Technology has reduced the need for intermediaries, traditionally provided by recruitment and executive search firms.

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

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Twissues: Search and Archive all Your Tweets. Chris had been working on creating a better desktop search since early 2004, knowing that no existing solutions were any good. That summer Google released their own Desktop Search solution. In fact, Loopt was itself acquired earlier this year, by banking company Green Dot for $43.4