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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Coming up with our business name, Stellar Villa, was quite a process. This allowed us to knock a few more names off the list.

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Founder Interview: RedMane Technology’s Tony Lakier

The Startup Magazine

Add in mobile and analytics and you change the game for how businesses and public sector organizations operate. The State of Louisiana was our first major win. In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system. They were too short-term focused.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

NAME Comcast. NAME Verizon Communications. NAME Yahoo. NAME Shikhar Ghosh. NAME Toby Stuart. NAME Daniel Dreymann. NAME Charles Holloway. NAME David Cowan. Domain Name/Basic Site. COMPANY AOL COMPANY|AOL. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. COMPANY CMCSA COMPANY|CMCSA. SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT.

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Finding Your Fire And Igniting Change

Duct Tape Marketing

Terri is an executive with 20 years of experience specializing in government relations, social impact strategy, corporate social responsibility, public affairs, and innovative business operations to further the organizational mission. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

These opponents have their own name – “rent seekers” – the landlords of the status-quo. Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

These opponents have their own name – “rent seekers” – the landlords of the status-quo. Smart startups prepare to face off against rent seekers and map out creative strategies for doing so… First, however, they need to understand what a rent seeker is and how they operate… ———-.

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What is an L3C?

Up and Running

Currently, you can form an L3C in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, and in the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe. What is a PRI? PRI is an acronym for Program Related Investment. The L3C: Coming to a state near you?

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