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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. The Approach A while back Patrick contacted a handful of Academy members and asked for opinions on potential product names.

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

Follow us on Twitter for more information on our products. The unimportance of product names. Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. I was burned out by the time I was half way through picking the name, domain name, and working on the layout. Apr 27 2010.

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How to Select a Company or Product Name

www.developer-resource.com

How to Select a Company or Product Name. or product name. Names can be distinctive, unique. Names can be distinctive, unique. The problem with descriptive names is that they. you could call your software "word processing. software" or "text editor" but neither are distinguishing.

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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

Ideally, the trademark registration process should begin as soon as you’ve narrowed down a selection of possible marks, including business or product names, logos , and slogans. When is it time to apply for a trademark.

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Oracles iPhone moment

deal architect

During his OOW keynote last night, Larry Ellison invoked the iPhone to make fun of his own product naming prowess. Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)' In doing so he announced to the audience what I was thinking throughout his speech. Game Changer. The in-memory switch.

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How Businesses Can Build, Monitor, and Repair Their Online Reputation

Up and Running

Simply type in the name of your company, brand, products, or services, and make sure to search for “[company name] reports,” “[product name] reviews,” and other appropriate keywords. Figuring out how users perceive your business right now can be determined by conducting thorough Google research.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars. (Instagram is a textbook example.) Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description.