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First important step in building a successful software business? In this video, I’m going to share with you some non-obvious tips and tricks I’ve used to name the technology companies I started.
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I recently shared an uber with my buddy, Kevin, when the topic of naming his new startup came up.
And when you think about it…
There’s SO much pressure in getting this right.
Not only is the name of your startup gonna be front and centre for the next few years (or decades) of your life…
… but it’s gonna be one of the FIRST things that potential customers use to judge you and your company. Meaning, before you even have a real conversation with a customer or investor, your company name will have either created a favorable perception… or a crappy one you’re gonna have to work extra hard to overcome.
And while there are consultants and naming experts who will literally charge tens of thousands of dollars to help you get it right…
In this week’s episode, I’m gonna share the criteria I’ve used to name every one my companies (as well as hundreds of companies I’ve had the privilege of advising).
At a high level, here are the five major (and slightly unconventional) things to keep in mind when naming your startup:
1. Align with your customer
2. Don’t be too specific
3. Outcome driven
4. Don’t buy the .com
5. Have meaning
Not many people know this, but the name for clartiy.fm was born out of a late night coding sesh.
I was mentally cycling through the feedback we were getting from our beta users when it suddenly clicked that the OUTCOME our technology was providing all came down to clarity.
If you’re stuck in your naming process, I invite you to do the same.
Go through your case studies, interviews, surveys, etc. and try to single out any common benefit or outcome that keeps coming up.
You might be shocked by how the perfect name was right in front of you all along.
Give the full episode a watch here, and then drop a comment letting me know how you arrived at your own company’s name.
Dan “what’s in a name” Martell
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ABOUT DAN MARTELL
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“You can only keep what you give away.” That’s the mantra that’s shaped Dan Martell from a struggling 20-something business owner in the Canadian Maritimes (which is waaay out east) to a successful startup founder who’s raised more than $3 million in venture funding and exited not one… not two… but three tech businesses: Clarity.fm, Spheric and Flowtown.
You can only keep what you give away. That philosophy has led Dan to invest in 33+ early stage startups such as Udemy, Intercom, Unbounce and Foodspotting. It’s also helped him shape the future of Hootsuite as an advisor to the social media tour de force.
An activator, a tech geek, an adrenaline junkie and, yes, a romantic (ask his wife Renee), Dan has recently turned his attention to teaching startups a fundamental, little-discussed lesson that directly impacts their growth: how to scale. You’ll find not only incredible insights in every moment of every talk Dan gives – but also highly actionable takeaways that will propel your business forward. Because Dan gives freely of all that he knows. After all, you can only keep what you give away.
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