What’s in a name?

What’s in a name? When it comes to naming your business, the better question might be “what’s not in the name?” After all, the company we know as Apple is Apple. Not Apple Computers. Not Steve Jobs’ Apple. Microsoft? Again, just Microsoft: not Bill Gates’ Microsoft. Many other companies follow suit. Or, if a personal name is used, it’s the last name: think Sears (and Roebuck), Harrod’s, and Ford.

In his article “What’s in a Name? For a Business . . . Oh, Everything.” Ross Kimbarovshy delves into what a business owner should consider when naming their business. Check it out at this link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/293008. And remember, you can access the current and past issues of Entrepreneur Magazine, and many other business mags, at the Dallas Public Library’s Central branch, home to The Dallas B.R.A.I.N.