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Just playing devil's advocate here, but are you sure that the same sort of start-up culture pervaded the industry when these single-letter-NYSE companies formed
by phenol 13y ago
Just playing devil's advocate here, but are you sure that the same sort of start-up culture pervaded the industry when these single-letter-NYSE companies formed (some over a century ago)? Don't you think that the presence of mass media (specifically internet presence) has greatly changed the importance of a name?
- tedunangst 13y agoYes and no. Look at magazine ads from the 1920s. No shortage of awesome sounding names peddling crap. same sort of start-up culture pervaded the industry I'd say that's the problem right there. Shouldn't the importance of a name be relevant to the customers and not the founders? :)