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Nine Baffling Startup Names — Can You Guess What They Do?

10 points by rshlo 14y ago

andyjsong 14y ago
Do mine, do mine! OVOZ
colmvp 14y ago
Apple - An organic food producer Target - An application that provides analytics for a website. Unilever - A producer of mechanical parts Oracle - Predictive software Abercrombie and Fitch - A law firm HSBC - A radio station or TV channel Kongregate - Meeting room software Cervelo - Espresso coffee brand Acura - A brand of contact lenses
- S4M 14y ago
  HSBC stands for Honk-Kong Shanghai Banking Company. At least that one is explicit.
  - colmvp 14y ago
    You'd be surprised how many people I met in America that use TD Bank yet don't know that it's from Canada (Toronto Dominion).
ArekDymalski 14y ago
Choosing 'descriptive' name for aa startup doesn't make much sense. First the best ones are already taken. Second: they often sound generic and uninspiring -- it'ss hard to build a brand with soul around that. Andd third: having a name which is descriptive can be a problem when you pivot or just evolve and extend your business.
colinhowe 14y ago
Wired - a producer of wires
- achompas 14y ago
  It's actually a badass name, with roots in both traditional journalism and technology. A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_services
flipstewart 14y ago
Hewlett Packard - Could be anything Ford - Could be anything IKEA - Could be anything Kroger - Could be anything Wal-mart - Could be anything I don't think names matter so much as some folks seem to think.
hayksaakian 14y ago
Have to say though, munch on me makes sense. Its suggesting that you eat out 'on' them, meaning you pay little or nothing (sometimes the case, not sure after buyout, they got worse)
hrktb 14y ago
These startups got picked up and advertised. Mission accomplished.
opendomain 14y ago
I still believe in buying a domain that relates to the business or search term, such as NoSQL. But that does limit if the company does something else or if the people do not actually know what NoSQL actually is!

10 points by rshlo 14y ago

Do mine, do mine! OVOZ

Apple - An organic food producer Target - An application that provides analytics for a website. Unilever - A producer of mechanical parts Oracle - Predictive software Abercrombie and Fitch - A law firm HSBC - A radio station or TV channel Kongregate - Meeting room software Cervelo - Espresso coffee brand Acura - A brand of contact lenses

S4M 14y ago
HSBC stands for Honk-Kong Shanghai Banking Company. At least that one is explicit.
- colmvp 14y ago
  You'd be surprised how many people I met in America that use TD Bank yet don't know that it's from Canada (Toronto Dominion).

ArekDymalski 14y ago

Choosing 'descriptive' name for aa startup doesn't make much sense. First the best ones are already taken. Second: they often sound generic and uninspiring -- it'ss hard to build a brand with soul around that. Andd third: having a name which is descriptive can be a problem when you pivot or just evolve and extend your business.

colinhowe 14y ago

Wired - a producer of wires

achompas 14y ago
It's actually a badass name, with roots in both traditional journalism and technology. A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_services

flipstewart 14y ago

Hewlett Packard - Could be anything Ford - Could be anything IKEA - Could be anything Kroger - Could be anything Wal-mart - Could be anything I don't think names matter so much as some folks seem to think.

hayksaakian 14y ago

Have to say though, munch on me makes sense. Its suggesting that you eat out 'on' them, meaning you pay little or nothing (sometimes the case, not sure after buyout, they got worse)

hrktb 14y ago

These startups got picked up and advertised. Mission accomplished.

opendomain 14y ago

I still believe in buying a domain that relates to the business or search term, such as NoSQL. But that does limit if the company does something else or if the people do not actually know what NoSQL actually is!