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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.

Names with stories: The story behind Tykr.com

We talk to founder Sean Tepper about the idea behind the business, the brand name, how to launch a business during a pandemic, and what to expect from Tykr in the future.

Names with stories: The story behind St. Javelin

Christian Borys, a Canadian marketer and ex-journalist, has a special connection with Ukraine and, like many of us, felt the need to do something to help.

Laiye Raises $160M, Acquires Chatbot Startup Mindsay and Bets on the West for Growth

Beijing-based Laiye provides a platform for automating office tasks of all sorts of complexity. Following the present acquisition, it will assemble in a product and engineering force in Paris, on top of Mindsay’s 30-people team already located there, as top developer talent in China turns out to be just as expensive as in Western countries. […]

Names with stories: The story behind Increff.com

Founded in 2016, Increff is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider. Its goal is to help brands collect data for algorithms that deliver the best business advice, with the goal of increasing sales and supply chain efficiency. For our Names With Stories series, Anshuman Agarwal, Co-founder and COO of Increff, discusses the origin of the brand name, […]

Names with stories: The story behind KraftPal.com

KraftPal manufactures sturdy, lightweight, and recyclable corrugated pallets using a high-speed automated method. Its goal is to enhance the way organizations carry and store commodities in terms of performance, cost, sustainability, and efficiency. Gregor Brajovic, Founder & CEO of KraftPal, talks for our Names With Stories series about the original source of inspiration for starting the company, […]

Names with stories: The story behind Teylor.com

Teylor offers fully digital, fast and easy loans for German businesses. Applicants don’t need to go to the bank, use any paper or wait for a callback. The entire loan application can be completed from their home or office, using a computer or a smartphone. We discuss with Patrick Stäuble, CEO & Founder of Teylor […]

Names with stories: The story behind Raises.com

Natu Myers is an entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Raises.com, a platform that helps founders save months of time and millions of dollars in the process of raising funds for their business. We discuss how the idea for the project was born, the process of choosing the right name, and what’s next for Raises in this interview.

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