SD 03 | Setting Up Your Home Office And The Easy Way To Start Branding Your New Business
October 30, 2008
In this episode of Startup Daddy, I give some tips about setting up your home office and get you started with branding by talking about getting a Business Identity Package for your new business.
Starting A Business: Naming Your New Business
May 7, 2008
Having done both (more than once), I am going to make the argument that choosing a name for your business is even more difficult than choosing a name for your child. While you don’t have to factor in things like people in your past that had that name, in-laws, and what will happen to your business on the playground, with your child, once you decide that you like the name, you’re done. No so with your business.
With a business you need to go much further. You need to find out if there are other businesses with that name, and if so, if they are in your industry. Is the trademark available? Is the domain name available? Does it mean the same thing to others as it does to you? The list goes on. There are businesses out there thriving on this very concept. Day in and day out, they help people name their companies. There are also companies that will help you name your child, but that is another story entirely.
These services are not for us though. We are not that decisionally challenged. We would never entrust such an important, personal decision to strangers. Besides, we are on a budget, right? So here are are some tips and advice about naming your business.
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