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Let’s name your baby.
Aaron Price | @APstartup | FI NYC 2010 Grad
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Patent
Carabiners
deliverU
returnBuy
effordables/MotoRecycle
China
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Entrepreneurship is lonely.
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Entrepreneurs F up a lot.
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* See later slide.
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Less lonely.
Less f’ing up.
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Built gamified phone-based
voting system for events.
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3 years later
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Built gamified social
media tool for events
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Let’s team up and build the
best audience engagement
system on the planet.
Me too!
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livecube trending upward.
But enough about all that.
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Let’s name your baby.
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No excuses.
Like:
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It’s an app. It doesn’t matter.
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Consumers are used to
silly names.
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I’m anti domain squatters.
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I’ll use tryX or getX for now
and get mine later.
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But it means so much to us.
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Too busy.
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Stuck.
(aka lazy)
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Lack of awareness.
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Credibility.
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Determination?
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PS I’ve made all of these
mistakes.
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* This is the future slide.
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Solution.
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B2B or B2C?
Slightly more leeway with
B2C.
Think: customer acquisition.
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Brainstorm.
Live it.
Draw in the shower.
Put post-its on the wall.
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Don’t be a tool. Use a tool!
InstantDomainSearch.com
domai.nr
BrandBucket
NameBoy.com
BustAName.com
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Pass the bar test.
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But it ain’t no lie,
Baby, buy buy buy.
Sedo.com
BuyDomains.com
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.com vs .anything_else
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What did Marc say?
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“It is called word of mouth – not words of
mouth. If you want word of mouth to
spread, keep it simple, easy to say, spell,
and remember.”
- Marc Lore
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“Your brand is your emotional connection
to the customer and your domain is the
cornerstone of your brand.”
- Marc Lore
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Questions
Aaron Price@APstartup@NJTech@livecubeapp