This Entrepreneur Shares How to Name Your Company -- or Fix a Bad Name The founder of Policygenius walks us through the rigorous process she went through to scrap a confusing name and create one that led to success.

By Jason Feifer

PolicyGenius

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A company's name is one of (if not the) biggest early decisions a company founder will make -- and they often get it wrong. Google was first called BackRub, Best Buy was Sound of Music, eBay was AuctionWeb and Policygenius was KnowItOwl.

In this episode, Policygenius's founder walks us through the rigorous process she went through to scrap a confusing name and create one that led to success.

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Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the podcast Problem Solvers. Outside of Entrepreneur, he writes the newsletter One Thing Better, which each week gives you one better way to build a career or company you love. He is also a startup advisor, keynote speaker, book author, and nonstop optimism machine.

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