My 10 Favorite Brandable Names on Forbes’ Magazines AI 50 Ranking of America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies.

Number one on my list is the financial planning and management company Vise.com. I really dig this brandable name because it is short and sweet. In the money management and advisement game, a name like Vise.com is perfect and communicates to a certain extent what the...
Part II: My Favorite Brandable Names in the A16z Marketplace 100 Report

Part I: My Favorite Generic Names in the A16z Marketplace 100 Report

So, I recently reviewed the a16z Marketplace 100 report written by Bennett Carroccio and Andrew Chen of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and disseminated to me about a week ago via Angel List. According to the a16z report, the Marketplace 100 is “a ranking of...
The Birth of Your Big Idea

The Birth of Your Big Idea

Have you ever awaken in the middle of night in a cold sweat with a burning idea? Have you ever woke up in the early morning hours because an idea you have been nursing or cultivating in your mind is pulling at your heartstrings or poking you in your side for an...