Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2021

I’m sure you have all been frustrated at least once by not being able to get the Internet domain name you want for your company. Who owns all of these names, and should you ever buy one for a premium? For instance, BMW now owns all domain names ending in.BMW. Yet people still pay big money to get the name they want.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 11, 2024

I hear you reference a lot of books and a lot of names that are people that I know. And when I wrote that book, finished the book, finished it all, couldn't think of a name. I checked all these names, went out for a run, and there's a metronome on my Garmin. (05:27): Shannon Susko (03:25): Yeah, I mean, absolutely. powered by

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

It consists of a memorable domain name and a distinctive logo with a cohesive color scheme , ensuring your brand stands out and remains recognizable. Choosing a Memorable Domain Name A domain name serves as the digital address for your startup and is often the first interaction a customer has with your brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2020

A simple test is to see if you can quickly name your top three priorities, and if every team member is able to respond quickly with the same three. Thus the first and top focus for every entrepreneur should be on strategy. The strategy needs to be simple, written down, and communicated regularly to the entire team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2022

There seems to be an insatiable demand from consumers for a better shopping experience, meaning they will pay a premium to a company that can present them a better match in products to their interests, without jeopardizing their good name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. These days, it is almost impossible to find a small business where everything is done at the home location, by full-time employees.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Top brand consultancies and naming agencies charge five- or even six-digit fees to develop company names. What’s behind those price tags, and what’s a less expensive approach to finding the perfect name for your company? The post What’s A Company Name Really Worth? appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Select a continuous run on the physical hardware (named "Citrine") that looks good and identify its Git commit. Since the adoption of Continuous Benchmarking , the creation of an official Round is a fairly simple process: Try to reduce errors in framework implementations. Run the same commit on cloud (Azure).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

If you think about it, most of the influential names in the entrepreneur world today, including Elon Musk and Richard Branson, have each started many companies, learning from each, and fully recognizing that not all are destined to be remembered. I’m now convinced that serious entrepreneurs relish the startup process more than success.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Choosing a name for your business? Here are five questions you need to ask yourself when picking a business name. . The post 5 Questions To Ask When Naming Your Business appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

Speaking of C#, a mainstream C# framework from a scrappy startup named Microsoft has been taking huge leaps up the charts. #rustlang Rust now comes out on top comfortably in the TechEmpower benchmarks [link] — Iwan van der Kleijn (@soyrochus) March 28, 2018. ASP.NET Core is not your father's ASP.NET.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

There are several steps entrepreneurs can take to protect their intellectual property: Trademarks: Register your brand name, logo, and other identifying marks to prevent others from using them. Patents: Protect innovative inventions by filing for patents, which grant exclusive rights to produce and sell an invention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2021

There is a reason that sites like Priceline.com Europe and Facebook, which everyone believes were made popular by viral marketing, have spent at least $50 million each becoming a household name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2020

Less tangible assets like the brand name, business relationships, and even your reputation may be lost or damaged. This is not a recommended strategy, since business shutdowns are usually seen as distressed situations, meaning the value of hard assets will be highly discounted.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I was so worried about the last name that I've messed up. You Zack Kromkowski (01:15): Overthought the last name and you got the first name. So my name again, Zach Kowski. You can find that at security, Zach as the profile name. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast. No worries.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 15, 2021

Whether your company is just starting out or has been in business for years, the right domain name can make a big difference in how easy it is for customers to find you. The post 4 Tips For Purchasing The Right Domain Name appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it. After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2022

Looking to get your name out there? The post How To Get Your Name Out There In Your Industry appeared first on Young Upstarts. We break down how you can introduce and promote yourself to a new industry.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 25, 2022

From Fashism to ipipi.com, the list of startups doomed by a naming disaster is far longer than the successes. Grant Polachek shares some naming mistakes to avoid. The post Don’t Doom Your New Business With These Naming Mistakes appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

In the early days, and this was really early back in 1989 when I first started playing in this area, before the internet, it was really just focused on marketing, using customer data to target to do a bit more matching of a name. And then in the internet area it became retargeting. Well, again, appreciate you taking a few moments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2020

Can you name the top three candidates for key roles in your organization? Don’t let promotions and succession planning be driven only by your HR function. Everyone, including your Board, should have a role. Make sure internal top performers are vetted, as well as outside candidates.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Since inception this lodging marketplace (note 1) has enabled 825 million guest stays in over 200 countries with a cumulative booking value of more than $110 billion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Outsource providers will adopt your company name when they interact with others, and their expertise can help you overcome the hesitation of some clients to do business with small and new businesses. Direct customer-facing non-technical roles should be the last ones outsourced. Outsourcing can give your startup a more mature image.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

A simple test is to see if you can quickly name your top three priorities, and if every team member is able to respond quickly with the same three. Thus the first and top focus for every entrepreneur should be on strategy. The strategy needs to be simple, written down, and communicated regularly to the entire team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2020

No matter how talented you are, it doesn’t matter unless managers can see those talents and think of you as an invaluable employee, or a game-changing manager, or the person whose name is synonymous with success.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Speed is the name of the game : over 77% of pre-seed investments were done in the course of 2-3 weeks to a month The YC Effect? Key findings from the report: Pre-seed funds were active in 2024: Pre-seed investments were active in 2024, with investors closing an average of 4.4 deals per fund, with an average check size of $840,000.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When Paul McKernan wanted to expand his business to the UK and USA by adding.com as a domain name, he was met with an extortionate cost. was available as a domain name so happily set it up. While Drip Socks may seem like a unique brand name that wouldn’t pose problems with securing a domain name, McKernan soon discovered otherwise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Less tangible assets like the brand name, business relationships, and even your reputation may be lost or damaged. This is not a recommended strategy, since business shutdowns are usually seen as distressed situations, meaning the value of hard assets will be highly discounted.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 19, 2024

I didn't handle myself the way I wanted to and name the situation. In this case, you're training your mental muscles and you just named it. Scroll back to top Sign up to receive email updates Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast. powered by

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

You can download the full 64-page document of Program Executive Offices and Officers with all 602 names here. Below is a summary of 75 Program Executive Offices in the Department of Defense. Caveats Do not depend on this document for accuracy or completeness. It is likely incomplete and contains errors.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The idea sat there for a decade until a naval officer named Deak Parsons discovered it, went around to every bureau chief, pounded the table on why it mattered, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, until he got them to cough up a check for $5,000 to fund the project. They were great inventors, but lousy champions.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Do you have a name, a logo, and have you thought about brand positioning? What special data, content, APIs, etc., will you leverage? What’s the state of the relationships that brings you that data? What’s the state of those systems? Where do you stand on your brand? What are some examples of similar brands?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

But whatever the name, the opportunity is still there, and it’s large. Some experts group predictive analytics in the new term “business analytics” intending to define an umbrella group including data warehousing, business intelligence, enterprise information management, enterprise performance management, and analytic applications.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Domain Pain – Part 3 of a 4 Part series in which we asked #nzentrepreneur readers to share their challenges and lessons in the important process of choosing and securing their business domain names. The emails stated: “We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The company has been named to Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies in America in 2018 and again in 2019. Even though they have a relatively small crew they have gone toe to toe with some of the Goliaths of their industry and frequently win because the quality of their products and their process is unrivaled.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Process and Team Review It’s easy for development teams, especially startup teams, to cut process corners in the name of shipping features. We provide value by targeting our review towards key components across your application stack. However, short-cuts on process can lead to problems downstream.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Often companies will put you on their advisory board just to use your name and image (and not really want your advice). Boards : The term “board” can mean two very different things in the commercial world – an Advisory Board versus a Board of Directors. An Advisory Board provides advice. It has no legal role in the company.

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