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30 Entrepreneur Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

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. The name To Tony Productions is a dedication to my cousin and close friend Anthony Ranoiccha III, or Tony, as the family would call him.

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20 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. 1- Combined my last name and what I do. My last name is Sorter, and I write. Secondly, most often, is giving a title to your idea.

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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

VC Cafe

I spent a chunk of my career as a product manager in search (Shopping.com, GLG, Ask.com, AOL and Google) so I find this particularly interesting. Until now, to succeed in search companies needed two things: 1) an index of the web 2) an algorithm to organise the results.

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How Startups Can Keep Product Development Lean

YoungUpstarts

by Steve Owens, Founder and CTO of Finish Line Product Development Services. This subtle difference has been key to the success of companies like Groupon, Dropbox and Intuit to name a few. In this article we explore the unique challenges of a lean start-up and how Outsourced Product Development (OPD) can be used to overcome them.

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Brand Marketing vs. Product Marketing: What’s the Difference and Which Should You Invest In?

ConversionXL

Muun found a market need but failed to compete with bigger names that provided customers with authoritative content and resources. To succeed in today’s crowded market, you need to harmonize product marketing and brand marketing. Brand vs product marketing: Friends or foe? Product marketing uncovers where to play and how to win.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #2: What’s in a name?

Austin Startup

Earlier this week, I was discussing company naming with a new entrepreneur, one that I used to work with at Edgecase (when I served as their Chairman of the Board). A company name should have longevity and it shouldn’t be limiting (as you eventually?—?and I think really hard when I’m naming a new startup. and hopefully?—?grow

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The Anti zoom

VC Cafe

Now synonymous with video-conferencing, the company-name-turned-verb stock peaked in October 2020, a market interpretation of how the Zoom Boom has defined the daily lives of many millions throughout the COVID-19 outbreak. Vertically-focused startups design products to better meet the needs of particular user segments.

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