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Beware The Consultant

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The ultimate irony is that when we later sold the Company for a substantial amount of money, it was discovered during due diligence that the prestigiously inept firm (whose name rhymes with a type of pasta) screwed up a basic corporate filing. We are in Nashville which is not tech friendly. Consultant. Our goal is to get to CA.

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Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You

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To illustrate the extent to which a company’s name is largely irrelevant to its ultimate success, let’s examine the genesis of six successful technology companies’ names. eBay – Derived from Founder Pierre Omidyar’s consulting company, Echo Bay Technology Group. After a great deal of buildup, the name was proudly announced: “Soar.”

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