Innovation, Social Media

What’s the best web/enterprise/whatever 2.0 company name?

5 Comments 08 February 2007

What’s in a name? Name’s, i feel, should encapsulate the entity it describes sufficiently while remaining easy to remember. And for a company who focuses on assisting with and implementing web/enterprise 2.0 solutions and strategies, how do find the right name to aptly describe this.

Some of the principles of anything 2.0, which the name should encapsulate, is

  • open social communication,
  • a certain social culture of contribution and sharing,
  • focus and passion,
  • not only a willingness to learn, but a active need to learn, enough to want to pull information to you rather than have it pushed to you,
  • connection with other people who share your needs,
  • an acknowledgement that we don’t know everything, even in our area of specialisation, there is always room to learn and grow, the rules are always changing.
  • innovation comes from a change of perspective, and either a specific need or just out of curiosity.

How can one put a name to a group of people who want to get to together and pursue this goal of assisting others in practicing these principles through the use of proper use of web 2.0 tools. Looking at company started by, Mike & Dave, Cerebra – making the most of many minds. Does this properly encapsulate the web2.0 vision, or is the name only half the story which should be paired with your actions.

What do you think is the ultimate web/enterprise 2.0 company name?

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  • http://www.mikestopforth.com Mike

    There wasn’t much behind choosing the Cerebra name. It’s a name I’ve liked and had in storage for some time. I’m from the school of thought that says a name shouldn’t be too limiting, should ideally have a story behind it (always a nice ice-breaker) and shouldn’t try to be too clever to too weird.

    I feel strongly that even a crappy company name can be overcome by great relationships, great people, talent, service and top products. I worked for a company called Tractor and Grader Supplies, of all things (TGS sounded better), and yet they had (and continue to have) a phenomenally strong brand in their industry. Everybody know who TGS was, and I was proud to tell people I worked for them.

    What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet…

    Duarte and Stopforth Consulting. LOL.

  • http://www.morethan.co.za Miguel dos Santos

    Nice one, thanks.

    I agree, people talk and get enthusiastic about other people or a great product/service, not about the companies name, so even if a company has a crappy name I don’t think people would stop coming back.

    But also think a good name that inspires certain feelings and thoughts, the just ‘pops’, so to speak, does have something to offer new startup companies who don’t have that long term track record.

  • http://www.gottaquirk.com Rob

    For me the best names are the most descriptive names. A name that convey’s your market positioning without making the customer think is ideal.
    Of course these days when a .com is almost a must, meeting the above requirement is like trying to play leapfrog with a unicorn… tricky.

  • http://www.tania.co.za/collective/blog.nsf/dx/20060827_bad_spelling Tania

    If I could think of the answer to that question, I wouldn’t tell you until I had registered it as a trademark in all the relevant categories, and got all the domain names as well!

  • http://www.rafiq.za.net/blog Rafiq Phillips

    It’s got to be morethan a name




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