Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2018

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. We asked entrepreneurs and business owners how they came up with their business name. #1- 1- Suggestive and evocative name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2013

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. He later changed the name to Facebook. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. He later changed the name to Facebook. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 28, 2018

On August 11, 1994, the first ever ecommerce transaction occurred when a 21-year-old in New Hampshire named Dan Kohn sold a copy of Sting’s Ten Summoner’s Tales to a friend in Philadelphia who paid $12.48 An eleven-time Grammy winner, Sting revived the soul of rock and roll by infusing reggae just when the genre was growing stale.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2020

As the name suggests, the report will help to determine how practical it is for you to launch a startup company based on various factors. In 1994 it formed the Joint Commission International (JCI), which works with medical tourism businesses and healthcare organizations in over 100 countries today. Joint Commission International.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

That was 1994, and now, almost 20 years later, QR code technology is experiencing a revival — but not in the automotive industry. Put a QR code on your office name plate to link to your online calendar for availability and contact information. Office availability. Connect on social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2012

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. He later changed the name to Facebook. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 3, 2015

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Traditional banks have helped fuel business and economic growth by providing small business owners with startup loans, general business loans, lines of credit and refinancing programs, to name a few.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 26, 2011

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. He later changed the name to Facebook. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 13, 2022

When I think, of a “disruptor,” the first name that comes to mind is Elon Musk. It is truly a wonder when you start thinking about the massive scale that Amazon works at and how far the company has come along since 1994. Photo Credit: Fletcher Wimbush. Thanks to Adam Crossling, Zenzero ! #7- 7- Netflix. Photo Credit: Carl Panepinto.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

But as you build your empire, it’s important not to neglect other areas of your finances – namely your pension and savings. In 1994, William Bengen, a financial adviser in the US, embarked on an extensive study of historical market returns, focusing on turbulent periods like the 1930s and early 1970s.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Michael Parekh , a Wall Streeter for over 20 years, former Partner at Goldman Sachs, and Founder of its Internet Research effort in 1994, Michael has been living online since the early days of CompuServe in the 80s and AOL in the ’90s. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

It can be as simple as writing the name of the person you treated to lunch and what you discussed on the lunch receipt to substantiate a meal deduction; or a note in your calendar to document the business purpose of a meeting for which you claimed deductible business miles. Record Business purpose. He is a licensed CPA in the State of Utah.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

No name for a company transforms the idea into one of the world's most admired brands. Remember, Bezos did not have a name for his company, and he didn't have a company. If you can remember a good Italian name like Carmine Gallo. Carmine Gallo (25:49): Yes, you, you, John Jantsch (25:50): Speaking of great Italian names.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The magazine rated 100 countries by how well they scored in five categories, namely: education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. STANLEY FISCHER NAMED ONE OF WORLD’S TOP 10 BANK CHIEFS. TAKADU NAMED WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TECHNOLOGY PIONEER 2011. in August 2010.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

However, none were based in the Silicon Valley and are probably unfamiliar names to today’s practitioners. By 1994 the big software wins of the 1980’s were already funded or public.” I knew them all, because we all knew each other in this era. “By January 1984, investors had turned away from hardware toward software.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2010

Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. This company was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994. He later changed the name to Facebook. Amazon.com - Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and took it public three years later, making him a multibillionaire.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 3, 2021

Memories like those, plus a dressing room sign with my name on it, were what I took away from interning on Season Two of Late Night with Conan O’Brien while in college. And looking back, I never should have left the show.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

An invention with great commercial potential; a catchy business name; artworks and innovative designs. Representations of a brand including the name, slogans, jingles and logos can be protected under the Trademarks Act 1994. Intellectual property is the most important asset of many start-ups.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

I still have the Brooks Brothers striped shirt that Len and his partner Jerry Poch gave me when we signed the documents for Feld Technologies to be bought by Sage Alerting Systems (which changed its name to Sage Technologies and then changed it to AmeriData). Under the terms, he signed his name.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 5, 2017

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept. Named after Alan B. In 2000, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos established Blue Origin.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Here’s one example I’m sure you can relate to: How many times have you forgotten (or maybe not even known) a person’s name in a meeting? Cory Treffiletti is a successful marketer, author, entrepreneur and student of popular culture with a deep background in digital dating back to 1994. Now, we are finding out how to use that data.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Recently, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as CEO of Amazon, the iconic blitzscaling company that he has led since 1994 – nearly 27 years. He belongs to that Mount Rushmore of American CEOs, along with names like Carnegie, Ford, and Jobs. When you’re that great, you only need one name).

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2012

For those of us who were around in the wild days of the internet’s infancy, the fact that the familiar name is still an existing entity might come as a surprise. Though they retained the name and url, AltaVista search was acquired by Yahoo! WebCrawler. Once known as AskJeeves, Ask.com is another longtime player in the online world.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2016

Although PayPal was introduced in 1998, consumers have been buying and selling online since 1994. PayPal was originally introduced as Confinity and was founded by several big names, including Max Levchin, Luke Nosek, Ken Howery, and Peter Thiel. Online Shopping.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 8, 2013

Rather, I’m making an observation about something I’ve experienced – both as an entrepreneur and investor – since my first angel investment in 1994. How would you feel if your name – and your firm’s name – just went out via email to 60 CEOs attached to this story?

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

It was initially named Martin’s Free House, before changing its name to Wetherspoon earlier the following year. The following year, the first airport pub was opened in Heathrow and in the same year they were also named J D Wetherspoon plc, opening their 50 th pub. The company’s chains initially only expanded in North London.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2015

When I started investing in 1994, I was involved with a few large companies. That we’d do all kinds of vague and unspecified things together in the name of innovation. My first company (Feld Technologies) was one of the first Microsoft Solution Providers ( Dwayne Walker , are you still out there somewhere?)

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Brandanew

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The good thing about the Apple logo is that it tells the brand name without having to spell it. Walter Issacson’s autobiography of Steve Jobs reveals why Steve choose the name Apple. As shared by the Cult of Mac , On the naming of Apple, he said he was “on one of my fruitarian diets.” It is probably just that, a myth.

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Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2013

After a particularly embarrassing math bug in 1994 that cost Intel $475 million, the company decided to fix the problem by allowing it’s microprocessors to load fixes automatically when your computer starts. Yet the one company’s name that hasn’t come up as part of the surveillance network is Intel. The Dog That Never Barked.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2015

Currently, big names like IBM and Red Hat have each released app marketplaces. A visionary in the hosting space, Enright founded one of the first North American hosting companies, ValueWeb, in 1994, increasing revenue to more than $20 million before the company merged with Affinity Internet.

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Board Effect

APRIL 20, 2020

The force behind the Hope Meadows community, a 501(c)(3), was a visionary by the name of Brenda Eheart. Eheart founded the nonprofit in 1994 on the site of the former Chanute Air Force Base. Foster and adoptive families have served their role in the community by completing 90 adoptions between 1994-2019. In the Beginning.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The company, which the founder cleverly named “Stitch Fix,” had a remarkably unique offering compared to other women’s fashion experiences. Customers are first asked to fill out an in depth profile to help identify their size, style, and preferences.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been investing in and around email since my first email-related investment in 1994 in a company very creatively named “Email Publishing” which was the very first email service provider. Since then I’ve had a number of investments in email companies including Critical Path, Postini, and SendGrid.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. Joyce Wafukho used her small savings to open a hardware store in 1994. He’s using the money to buy more nutritious food for his family and pay for his sons’ schooling. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia. Joyce Wafukho, Kenya.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2014

By the end of 1994 I had a staff job, reporting to the co-chairmen of AmeriData where I travelled all over the US helping with acquisitions and generally causing trouble. While we have a home in Homer, where we will be for the next three weeks, we still call Boulder, Colorado our home. But we came very close to moving to Homer in 1995.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The name kind of says it all. The web appeared in 1994 and a completely different method of communication started its long march into integrating in our universe. I started my first real company in 1987. The pace of things was incredible. In 1999 things were moving so theoretically quickly that everything was a total blur.

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