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I hate to be so cynical if it helps people, but with his name plastered in the company and site like this, it feels like prep for a presidential run or some oth
by gedy 4y ago
I hate to be so cynical if it helps people, but with his name plastered in the company and site like this, it feels like prep for a presidential run or some other political office.
- enkid 4y agoNaming a company for a founder is common
- rumblestrut 4y agoWalmart certainly comes to mind.
- elliottkember 4y agoAnd Taco Bell
- rumblestrut 4y agoI didn't know that Bell was the founder's name. Thanks for that tidbit!
- elliottkember 4y agoWelcome. It’s one of my favourites!
- KptMarchewa 4y agoIf you're Michael Scott Paper Company.
- YetAnotherNick 4y agoOr Disney or Ford or McDonald's or Goldman Sachs or 1000s of others. Even in pharmacy, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and many others are named after founders.
- dymk 4y agoCuban isn’t a founder. He just paid to have his name associated with the company (or rather, the company gave him an ownership stake to use his name).
- anandchowdhary 4y agoHe wasn’t one of the original founders, he was an early investor.
- gedy 4y agoYeah it just dawned on me that the first name was added because "Cuban Drugs" probably doesn't sound too nice, ha.
- flappyeagle 4y agoWho cares. Honestly. Maybe it burnishes just image. Maybe he dominates the market and makes a mountain of money. Let’s make that trade 1000 times.
- madoublet 4y agoYeah, hope it is a stepping off point for launching a better private insurance company as well.
- wollsmoth 4y agoI feel like he has a shot. But from what I know about him I don't think he'd want the headache.
- sjm-lbm 4y agoIf I'm understanding their basic message, the pitch is "we can get you cheaper prescriptions because we're a well run business that's making a rational but not exorbitant profit" and linking your branding to someone already famous for running businesses seems to be a very reasonable way to add credibility to that message. In other words, I don't think Cuban puts his name on all businesses he's involved in like this, but for this case specifically it seems fairly obvious that using his name furthers their message.
- benjaminbachman 4y agoAlso it's a sketchier industry, so having a recognizable name certainly would assuage my fears about using it. That said I have to assume Cuban is also getting a PR benefit here.
- timerol 4y agoI assumed it was to help add legitimacy to the company. Some random company selling drugs for cheap on the internet? Sounds very sketchy, stick with your local pharmacy. That same company, run by a famous figure? Maybe worth giving a shot