Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. LA in fact has more entrepreneurs as a percentage of its population than anywhere else in the country. Yes, Google won.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. Patent Office for Trademarks. business name entrepreneur founder startup TBD' These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. Patent Office for Trademarks. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. Patent Office for Trademarks. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). before which is second-time entrepreneurs.

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