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How to name your startup:

Posted in Daily posts by Vishi on the March 9th, 2007

Coming up with a name can be a time consuming process.

If you manage to go through a few names on Techcrunch, like The Name Inspector did you will find a few patterns:

  1. Real Words: Amazon, Apple, Sphere
  2. Compounds: CircleSource, Firefox, Wordpress
  3. Phrases: StartaStarUp, AllofMP3, MyBlogLog, StumbleUpon
  4. Blends: Microsoft (microcomputer + software), Technorati (technology + literati), Wikipedia (wiki + encyclopedia)
  5. Tweaked words: ebay, edgeio, iPhone
  6. Affixed words: CoComment, Findory, Napster
  7. Made up or obscure origin: Bebo, Meebo, Odeo
  8. Puns: Farecast (forecast, fore –> fare), Farecast (forecast, fore –> fare)
  9. People’s names: Orkut, Ziya, Ning
  10. Initials and Acronyms: AOL, ATT, GM

Hope this helps.

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