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Re:Things I’ve never heard a successful startup founder say by ruchi on Monday August 15, 2011 @11:20AM (#2887246)
Spending all that time on finding a great name paid off.
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Re:Things I’ve never heard a successful startup founder say by toumhi on Monday August 15, 2011 @11:35AM (#2887301)
I think the founders of Mint.com could have said that.
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Re:Things I’ve never heard a successful startup founder say by ericd on Monday August 15, 2011 @01:15PM (#2887766)
I disagree. There are examples of companies that did well with mediocre names, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have a great one, and it really can hurt to have a bad one.
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