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26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. The company really started over 8 years ago with a nickname from my fans in South Texas who affectionately gave me the nickname, Juan Lobo, which is my name in Spanish. Buttercloth was born. It was just natural. 7- My name in Spanish.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Wintegra, founded in 2000, has 165 employees with the majority of its R&D development team located in Ra’anana, Israel, and Austin, Texas. US CHIPMAKER PMC SIERRA ACQUIRES ISRAELI WINTEGRA.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 8: Key Resources, Activities and Expense Model

Steve Blank

This week they were testing their hypotheses about Partners. Partners are the external companies whose product or service combines with your Value Proposition to create a complete customer solution or “whole product&# to satisfy customers. They worked on understanding their partners. Any IP you need to license?

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How to Find the Top VCs for the Investment You Need

Up and Running

Bessemer Venture Partners: From seed stage to growth, Bessemer Venture Partners invests in enterprise, consumers, and healthcare technology startups to turn their ideas into market-leading businesses. Austin, Texas, is a rapidly growing tech hub and has some top venture capital firms located there as well.

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A blueberry in a bowl of chili or why any Founder should visit Austin.

Austin Startup

When I heard that I was selected as a fellow of Young Transatlantic Innovation Leaders Initiative , a program organized by The German Marshall Fund of the United States I was really happy, but when I heard that I will be deployed in Austin, Texas for 2 weeks I had mixed feelings.

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‘Dear Abby’ Style Advice to Real Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

I am looking for funding of $50K in startup funds, and would like to partner with the right investor to provide this and other future funding as needed. We live in East Texas were the education level is low and dropout rates are around 17%. He has a Masters in his education field.

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Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

mashable.com

Mark Suster (GRP Partners VC) nails it in this (audio, summary blog post) clip I borrowed from a recent ThisWeekInVentureCapital (#twivc) episode. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us!

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