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Naming companies with founder's name fell out of (ekhm) fashion in business. It used to be Bell, Ford, Disney, Helwett&Packard, now it's Apple, Google, Facebook
by kolinko 6y ago
Naming companies with founder's name fell out of (ekhm) fashion in business. It used to be Bell, Ford, Disney, Helwett&Packard, now it's Apple, Google, Facebook.
Still, I'd bet an average person knows more famous visionaire/entrepreneur people (like Jobs and Gates) than famous fashion designers.
- the_local_host 6y ago> I'd bet an average person knows more famous [visionary]/entrepreneur people (like Jobs and Gates) than famous fashion designers. I doubt that's the case. Popular music cites eponymous fashion brands regularly. Listeners might not know what the actual person looks like, but they'd know the products and the names.
- occamrazor 6y agoArmani, Chanel, Dior, Lagerfeld, Valentino, Versace These are the first names that came to my mind. I guess a large majority of people have heard them.
- usrusr 6y agoAnd yet I see faces in my mind when reading Apple, Google, Facebook, but no faces when reading Armani, Dior, Versace. Not even if I try. Of course that's because I'm far more interested web tech than in the fashion establishment. Would be interesting to probe for "brand/face recognition" with people who aren't interested in either, e.g. car or spectator sports nerds.