Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live document

Re:Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live d... by minimaxir on Monday September 08, 2014 @02:15PM (#8286288)

You submitted this yesterday, with already-significant discussion on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8279982

Yes, you really need to change that name.

> What is Hooli? Excellent question! Hear it straight from our CIO Gavin Belson here.

That's not an "easter egg." That's infringement.

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Re:Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live d... by sidi on Monday September 08, 2014 @02:21PM (#8286322)

If you notice, it's available to try out today (and hence the new post :-) ).

About the name, we don't see that being a problem -- hopefully, not now at least. We see it as an easter egg in good humour.

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Re:Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live d... by angersock on Monday September 08, 2014 @02:38PM (#8286412)

When did we stop having fun as an industry?

Who cares if their name is from a show? They'd hardly be the first business to do so, I'd wager.

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Re:Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live d... by minimaxir on Monday September 08, 2014 @02:59PM (#8286532)

There's a difference between using a reference as a one-off joke (as a parody, a la Saturday Night Live) and using a reference as the core branding of your money-making business.

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Re:Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live d... by vhost- on Monday September 08, 2014 @05:05PM (#8287259)

What's another business that derived their product or company name directly from a TV show or movie? Just curious.

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Re:Show HN: Hooli – collaborate with your team in one live d... by adpreese on Monday September 08, 2014 @07:40PM (#8287921)

Soylent is the first one that comes to mind.

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