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19 Entrepreneurs 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. Kumo is a Japanese term for spider and was previously the name of an early Microsoft search engine that eventually evolved to become Bing.

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3 Things You Need To Be Aware Of When Calculating A Budget For An App Like Etsy

YoungUpstarts

Think of your domain name and get hosting. Have you already thought about your brand’s name? Have you developed any vision of a product development strategy? And keep in mind that the best option is to develop at least 5 domain names connected to your brand’s name to find an unoccupied domain.

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The Sprint: A Productivity Technique From Software Development Every Entrepreneur Should Know

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

I recently had a meeting with my CrankyAds team and a friend named Andy who I had not seen in many years. Andy left a software company he founded over ten years ago. He wore many hats over the years at his company, including programmer, head of hiring and firing, … Read the rest of this entry »

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Selecting a Web Development Company

SoCal CTO

I just got an email asking about exactly this: I''m with a new company that needs some software built, but doesn''t need (or have the resources for) a large staff of software developers. Others that are heavier on development. Don''t be swayed by big name firms or other kinds of name dropping.

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Crowdsourcing Your Product Name

Software By Rob

Product naming is hard. Too many factors come into play when looking for a name and it’s almost impossible to decide on the right name once you’ve stared at the same list for a week straight. As an aside, his application launched last week and you can find it at [link] or in the iPhone app store under the name “QuickReader.”

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How groupthink and denial can ruin startups

The Next Web

But between visioning sessions, collaborative software development and Linus’ Law of bug detection — we’ve been taught to accept the wisdom of crowds as necessary to most startup decision-making. Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft.

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SXSW Startups: Tunnelware

Austin Startup

The company’s marketing strategy rests on the belief that its products and services represent a value-added approach to interpreting, qualifying, and understanding the complexities of the tunneling industry and the construction industry as a whole. Name three people, in any field, alive or dead, you’d like to meet and tell us why.