How did Stripe get its name?
Back in 2010, two brothers from Ireland, John and Patrick Collison, were joined by Greg Brockman to start a business that we all know today as Stripe.
Names with stories: The story behind OptiOffer.com
OptiOffer is a revolutionary SRP (Supplier – Reseller Platform) that equipment sales professionals use. Known for its revolutionary price quoting system and shareable eCatalog network OptiOffer allows sales teams to finally drop old fashioned PDF catalog or Excel price list import, copy/paste, and hundreds of emails. It connects the suppliers’ product catalog with its resellers to automate and streamline their quoting and order creation & management.
Endur Apparel Rebrands to Outway
The performance sock brand, Endur Apparel has just announced a refreshed brand identity with Outway as its new brand name. Endur Apparel was founded in 2016 by Canadian ex pro cyclist Rob Fraser. It just received a $3.2 million investment, which was led by Andrew Wilkinson of Tiny.com The company said that the decision to rebrand was a result […]
March 2022 Funded Startups and Their Domain Names Choices
March marks the end of the first quarter of 2022. Crunchbase data shows that the period saw a 13% drop in venture dollar volume from $184 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. It still has a 7% increase over the first quarter of 2021. In Q1, seed funding was the only funding stage that […]
Names with stories: The story behind Isizwe.com
We talk with Enzo Mpanza and Tim Genders about the idea, how they are empowering low-income communities and changing their lives for the better, and what is next for Isizwe.
Names with stories: The story behind Carrd
Founded in 2016, Carrd is a free platform for building fully responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything. We had the pleasure to talk with AJ, Founder of Carrd about the origin of the brand name, the reason why he decided to acquire an exact brand match domain Carrd.com, and what is his advice to entrepreneurs who are just starting.
Names with stories: The story behind Fixtuur.com
As part of the launch of its Visual Commerce platform designed for eCommerce and retail businesses, DigitalBridge has rebranded as Fixtuur. Our business has evolved vastly over the last couple of years, and our brand needed updating to reflect who we are today. Fixtuur Team In this interview we talk with James Lewis, Chief Operating […]
GetUpside Raises $165M Series D to Transform Brick and Mortar Commerce and Rebrands to Simply Upside
GetUpside was founded by Alex Kinner and Wayne Lin back in 2016. With the rise of e-commerce, they noticed how personalization can unlock proven value for both people and businesses, and the brick and mortar world was having a hard time keeping up.
Dropbox is Serious About What They Do with Dropbox.com
Dropbox recently announced Dropbox Shop beta launch. The company also introduced new updates to the platform, as well as tipping capabilities, customizing your storefront and URLs and embed HTML codes. Launched in 2007 by Drew Houston, the business has been doing extremely well, being profitable with steady user growth after its inception.
Bread Financial represents a more focused, unified company, invests in Bread.com
Bread Financial is a tech-forward financial services company that offers simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions. The company operated on BreadFinancial.com and BreadPayments.com for quite some time. In 2020 Bread Financial was acquired by Alliance Data.