Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter. Watch your product naming.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. What all this doesn’t mean is that you should roll out your product in every country at the same time. Balance your business between geographies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

It also forces you to pick a name for your company and put other intellectual property stakes in the ground. Company and product naming may also seem simple, but should be a key early effort, because mistakes can be very costly. Rely on informal agreements with partners. The same principles apply to strategic partners.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. What will that partner tell their partners?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

This approach, popularly known as glocalization , means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. What all this doesn’t mean is that you should roll out your product in every country at the same time. Balance your business between geographies.

Global 120

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

That means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. What all this doesn’t mean is that you should roll out your product in every country at the same time. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand.

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

It also forces you to pick a name for your company and put other intellectual property stakes in the ground. Company and product naming may also seem simple, but should be a key early effort, because mistakes can be very costly. Rely on informal agreements with partners. The same principles apply to strategic partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

I counseled the department manager against hiring since she would be subject to personal challenges in selling to our partners in Latin countries. Unfortunately my prediction turned out to be true, she felt harassed by one or more of our business partners and left the group shortly thereafter. Watch your product naming.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. Just remember, when you’re pricing your product: Your starting price defines you. Your price may affect business operations.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

The name of our company came from the name of our flagship product. Since we’re a mobile app company we wanted a product name that was short, easily remembered, non-controversial and at least somewhat descriptive of the service. 11 – An Open Name. 2 – Our Flagship Technology.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

“[First Name], Thank you for purchasing Acme Brick’s [Product Name]…&# ) and the recipients’ contact information. On the other hand, there were major operations issues that we hadn’t solved, because we weren’t sure anyone would click the buy button. You provide the message (i.e.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 9, 2018

My idea back then was clear that the name should address what we are doing and should be something that our target customers can directly relate to. At the same time, I wanted to make sure the name is unique and available – that is to ensure no other businesses are already operating under that name.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Here’s a review from Judah Phillips ,, an analytics expert, consultant, and author who wrote Building a Digital Analytics Organization , Digital Analytics Primer , and Ecommerce Analytics : Judah Phillips : “Adobe offers a selection of analytics products named “Adobe Analytics” as part of the “Adobe Marketing Cloud.”

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