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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

The word Pella has been leveraged in history as a name for the capital of ancient Macedonia which was the birthplace of Alexander the Great, one of the largest manufacturers of windows and doors in the world, and is also translated as the marvel of god in the Hebrew language. #14- It was 2004 and my wife and I were in New York.

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Side Business: Side Hustle Interview with Chris Guillebeau

The Startup Magazine

His second book, The $100 Startup , was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Chris’s first book, The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World , was translated into more than twenty languages.