Part four of a series – The Yahoo Smart and Simple Guide to Starting a Business.
- Part one: Is it time to start up that startup business? and Part 1- Goals, Values and Ideas and Resources for Goals, Values and Ideas
- Part two: Build a winning business right from the start and Part 2: Defining your business concept and Resources for defining your business concept.
- Part three: Funding, Fraternity and Family and Part 3: Ownership, Funding and Family and Resources for funding and ownership
In part four of our Smart and Simple Guide to Starting a Business we have been looking at naming your business. You can read an introduction to the topic in ‘The Name Game’ and follow an in-depth worksheet, ‘Naming Your Business.’ In addition, the links and articles listed below will provide more background and techniques as well as locations for how to do DBA searches.
Articles
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/3-strategies-nailing-down-killer-130026549.html
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/tips-picking-perfect-name-corporation-090000134.html
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/3-common-mistakes-avoid-naming-business-100000077.html
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/quick-guide-naming-business-120500434.html
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/brainstorm-great-business-name-100000964.html
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/perfect-domain-name-based-business-000000889.html
http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/06/choose-the-best-name-for-your-business.html
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/21774
http://www.sba.gov/content/how-name-business
http://www.fastcompany.com/1819418/8-principles-product-naming
http://www.marketingmo.com/2-create-tools-and-processes/how-to-name-a-business-product-or-service/
http://copyhackers.com/2012/07/how-to-name-a-product/
Links for domain name, DBA and fictitious name resources
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state=4806:586lur.1.1
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp
http://www.sba.gov/content/register-your-fictitious-or-doing-business-dba-name/
http://www.sba.gov/content/register-your-fictitious-or-doing-business-dba-name
https://www.knowx.com/fbn/search.jsp