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What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Re: What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Post by jhancock »

patternWare - 1990s company, Smalltalk Application Frameworks. The name is in "camel-case" as any cool Smalltalk company should be. Later we rewrote the frameworks for Java and the name continued to fit.

eunum - 1999 dot-com start-up. Name came from the latin "e" and "unum". I got the words off a dollar bill sitting next to my PC after a late nite of searching for a domain name that wasn't taken. eunum was about convergence between client/sevrer and web-centric interaction. This would later be called "rich internet applications".

ShellShadow - current company. I like the alliteration and thus far I've never had to spell the name for anyone. I'm still quite amazed that my first choice was available.

Re: What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Post by ivankirigin »

pclark wrote: post #29
ivankirigin wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't DropBox's success evidence that domains don't matter that much? I suppose they are mainly download software, and not a destination site. Also, the site can be reached from the desktop with a direct link.

how many users were put off by the domain (eg, couldnt find it / signed up to wrong service)? Answer: you don't know, but you can guarantee at least 1 was.

I'm sure you're right, that users like it less. But you can't say a good domain is requires for success, given theirs.

Re: What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Post by brlewis »

lacker wrote: post #10

Some angel investor who wanted to cut a check couldn't spell the name of the company right, so we had to change the name of the company to the misspelled version and live with it forever. It was a disaster! Watch out for bad company names!

That's a real bummer. Maybe your company should save up cash to buy googol.com and fix the situation.

Re: What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Post by Dyllionaire »

Our (Leah and Dylan Higginbotham) company is called HugaMonkey. We make and sell baby slings! When we decided to start the company we knew that it would start out online and have a strong ninternet presence. We brought my buddy (Clint Eagar) along because he had created and sold an internet business before. Clint and I spent several days coming up with different names that might convey a baby sling in use. As we came up with the names, we'd check to see if the domain was available. One after another, our clever names (wraparoo, cuddlebug, etc...) were shot down. We got on a "huga" kick with hugakid, hugabug until we came to hugamonkey. It was funny and memorable. Luckily the domain was available, so we snagged it. It's a great name because people laugh when they hear it and rarely forget it!

Re: What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Post by workpost »

http://www.workpost.com

Bought workpost.com in 2003, intending to turn it into some kind of work / labor-related site (a place to find and post work etc.). Years later, we're finally doing something with it.

Even back then, it was not particularly easy to find a good domain name..

Re: What's the story behind the name of your startup/company ?

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Post by pclark »

ivankirigin wrote: post #43
pclark wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

how many users were put off by the domain (eg, couldnt find it / signed up to wrong service)? Answer: you don't know, but you can guarantee at least 1 was.

I'm sure you're right, that users like it less. But you can't say a good domain is requires for success, given theirs.

certainly not, but a bad name can restrict success.
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