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Ian_Sharpe wrote: E.g. If clients are likely to be people in serious engineering with primary concerns like competence, credibility, safety and reliability, perhaps in a certain age range and with a certain type of background and mindset, you need align and fit with that. They might be put off by a gimmicky or frivolous name that suggests different and doesn't obviously relate to CAD services. Is it a name that won't sound right when they tell their middle-aged boss who they've hired?
Exactly this.
Too bad though, that people relate the name to the quality because they have nothing to do with each other.
A name is just that, a name.
It helps to have it related to your industry, mainly for findability.
Naming your company "QualitySoft" doesn't guarantee quality software, just as "GarbageSoft" may just be a "fun" name and may deliver excellent quality software.
Actually, my friend thought of a very cool name, but I've asked around a bit and everyone thinks it's too childish (but they also admit it's a fun name and they'd click on it if they found it because it makes them curious, so...).
Apple got away with naming their computer company after a fruit (and they did a bit more than "get away with it"), so it is possible if you have the right marketing and perhaps a bit of luck.
But B2C has less strict demands when it comes to "looking professional" than B2B.
In the end it's all about keeping up appearances though.
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Try the "This Word Does Not Exist" web page: This Word Does Not Exist[^]
It will display random AI-generated words and "definitions."
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That's actually pretty cool 
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JUUN is rather close to JUUL which is a company which manufactures electronic cigarettes.
Truth,
James
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Thirty or so years ago, when we were creating our company name, we brainstormed word fragments that had anything to do with the work we did. We then randomly combined them together, and picked out 20 or so that seemed pronounceable. We then created a bunch of survey forms with 5-6 of the new "names" randomly threw in to each question. It would ask things like "Which name sounds most like a high-tech company", or "Which name sounds most/least like a company you can trust". We has 4-5 questions per sheet. We then set out wandering local shopping malls, asking people to fill out our surveys. After a week, we had it narrowed down to 3 names that we discussed and picked from. Worked out well.
I don't know how well wandering the malls would work for you in the current COVID-19 environment, but the overall methodology is still sound, and will get you a name that works in peoples mind they way you will want it to.
Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
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I'm afraid he'll end up with Company McCompface 
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Always enter ground with mate (9)
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Either, I have, (at last) started to understand crossword clues or, (more likely), this is an easy one. Or, I could just have it wrong! Is it:
ETERNALLY
enter ground = anagram of 'enter' = 'ETERN'
mate = 'ALLY'
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Is the correct answer, and you are up tomorrow! 
Well done!
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Wow!  Really?
I am 'over the moon'!
I'd like to thank the gaffer; my parents; my teachers (who expelled me, half way through my A-Levels); and, most importantly, musefan - who posted a link to a website, explaining how cryptic clues work.
And I now have about 22 hours to come up with a clue! Sh"t! The clocks ticking and I'm already feeling the pressure.
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Yep. You got it fair and square!
Best advice I can give you: don't overthink it. Think of a random word and try to break it up into bits that you can clue for. Then leave it alone for half an hour and try to solve it!
I suspect that's why Sandeep had difficulty getting his solved - he overthought them, but I could be wrong.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I suspect that's why Sandeep had difficulty getting his solved - he overthought them, but I could be wrong
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5teveH wrote: nd, most importantly, musefan - who posted a link to a website, explaining how cryptic clues work.
Wait.... that link was enough to help you solve the clues? Maybe I should read it myself too  
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Superficial happiness and sense of security increasing ?
You may need this: [^]
«One day it will have to be officially admitted that what we have christened reality is an even greater illusion than the world of dreams.» Salvador Dali
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The Government, in its infinitesimal wisdom, is already doing everything it possibly can to increase my paranoia.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Required Statutory Response:
OK. That's taken care of. So, what are you afraid of?
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Why do you want to know? 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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I didn't need it.
Now I feel like I got the clap.
Howl for me or Carl.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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I seem to recall some artists that hang out around here somewhere. HumbleBundle has a graphics bundle up and part of the money you pay goes to charity. PaintShop Pro and CorelDraw programs available. Linked below if you are interested.
Room To Read and The V Foundation are the two they have on this bundle.
HumbleBundle[^]
Check it out if you are interested.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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If you need it, that is an absolute bargain: I have Painter 2019 and keep getting "loyalty ads" offering Painter 2021 to me for just £150. This is the 2020 version, but there isn't that much that has changed there in the real world.
And that's the latest CorelDraw: retails for over £500!
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I just noticed the CorelDraw is a 6 months thing: not the full purchase product.
That makes it a lot less desirable.
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Good solid bundle, thanks!
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modified 1-Oct-20 3:49am.
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Message Closed
modified 1-Oct-20 20:59pm.
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No, that's the game pack at the top - they do one every month and that requires a subscription.
The bundle he refers to is a "one off payment" and does not involve any subscriptions - I bought one some months ago when the charity was worth giving the money to (and some of the software was useful).
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