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A Startup’s First Steps: What’s In A Name?

Gust

Let’s start with your name. Most new startups have a name in mind, or have even taken various steps to secure rights to the name, but some are on the fence or still developing a brand name when we first meet. AMR as holding company for American Airlines). AMR as holding company for American Airlines).

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Startups Should Start Saying Goodbye to.com,net and.org Domain Extensions

ReadWriteStart

Domain names — the focal point of the internet. Most entrepreneurs have spent hours, days, or weeks brainstorming new business names. New domains now bequeath creative power to young companies and extend their branding possibilities. There is no doubt the existence of a big-three-domains consisting of the.com,org and.net.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

Marvel’s fascinating turnaround story is no less than a heroic action story where the protagonist flips the scales at the last moment and arises like the phoenix, just like the many superheroes it helped become household names. This raised the company's name, despite all controversies. 9- Howard Schultz. 10- Elon Musk.

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Incentives in Venture Capital, Why You Should Avoid Your Competitors’ Investors, China’s Malaise, and More [link blog]

Hunter Walker

But, in the alleys, most of the improvised cafés and galleries that used to enliven the city have been cleared away, in the name of order; overhead, the race to build new skyscrapers, which attracted designers from around the world, has stalled. This summer, I had a drink with an intellectual I’ve known for years.

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5 Core Values For The Workplace

YoungUpstarts

The vice chairman of the holding company that includes Revlon said in the Wall Street Journal : “[W]e aren’t going to spend $30 million to launch a deodorant.” Business Month named MCI one of the five best-managed companies in 1990. Discipline does not always imply following orders.

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5 Core Values For The Workplace

YoungUpstarts

The vice chairman of the holding company that includes Revlon said in the Wall Street Journal : “[W]e aren’t going to spend $30 million to launch a deodorant.” Business Month named MCI one of the five best-managed companies in 1990. Discipline does not always imply following orders.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 20: Nayeem Hussain and Will Zell

Steve Blank

He previously founded N&N Investments LLC, a real estate investment holding company; and is a program leader and fellow of the Startup Leadership Program. . He stressed that your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding: One thing that we learned very early on was, have a plan for fund-raising. …