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. 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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Google Customer Custom Sample 117

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 Google Customer Custom 104

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.

Company 108

Company Companies Google Customer 108

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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.

Company 92

Company Companies Google Customer 92

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). My fund was an early investor in Overture.

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Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50